Mashgiach
Sign in to savethumb|Various Kashrut|Kosher symbols on a package of Kosher [[meat]] thumb|A rabbi List of halal and kosher fish#Kosher|searching for scales on the skin of a swordfish in [[Tétouan, Morocco]] A mashgiach (, "supervisor"; , mashgichim) or mashgicha (pl. mashgichot) is a Jew who supervises the kashrut status of a kosher establishment. Mashgichim may supervise any type of food service establishment, including slaughterhouses, food manufacturers, hotels, caterers, nursing homes, restaurants, butchers, groceries, or cooperatives. Mashgichim usually work as on-site supervisors and inspectors, repres
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thumb|Various Kashrut|Kosher symbols on a package of Kosher [[meat]] thumb|A rabbi List of halal and kosher fish#Kosher|searching for scales on the skin of a swordfish in [[Tétouan, Morocco]] A mashgiach (, "supervisor"; , mashgichim) or mashgicha (pl. mashgichot) is a Jew who supervises the kashrut status of a kosher establishment. Mashgichim may supervise any type of food service establishment, including slaughterhouses, food manufacturers, hotels, caterers, nursing homes, restaurants, butchers, groceries, or cooperatives. Mashgichim usually work as on-site supervisors and inspectors, representing a kosher certification agency or a local rabbi, who actually makes the policy decisions for what is or is not acceptably kosher. Sometimes certifying rabbis (, Rav Hamachshir; pl., Rav Hamachshirim) act as their own mashgichim; such is the case in many small communities.
==Requirements== The requirements for becoming a mashgiach/mashgicha are being Jewish, being Sabbath-observant (shomer Shabbat), being Torah-observant (shomer mitzvot), and personally fulfilling the laws of kashrut (shomer kashrut). According to Rabbi Matisyahu Salomon, a senior Orthodox rabbi in the United States, the most important criterion is Yirat Shamayim (fear of Heaven).