jewish-kulindadromeus:

“There’s a famous story about Rabbi Israel Salanter, founder of the Musar movement, who was asked to certify a matzah factory, and after he inspected it, and saw everything was kosher, they asked for the certification. He said, ‘I will not, because even though everything is kosher, I’ve seen how you treat the women who work here, so I will not certify this factory as kosher.’ So there’s precedent for saying something can be ritually kosher, but it betrays Jewish law and values in other respects.”

Rabbi Shmuly Yanklowitz  (via tshuvh)