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chalav stam

chalav stam noun: milk or other dairy product that is assumed to be kosher despite not being supervised by a mashgiach.

Noun

chalav stam (uncountable)

  1. (Judaism) Milk or other dairy product that is assumed to be kosher despite not being supervised by a mashgiach.
    • There are certainly those that maintain that for a doctor to drive home from the hospital on Shabbos or for a God-fearing Jew to eat chalav stam is perfectly lawful and legitimate and should not be viewed as concessionary practices.2022 January 1, Rabbi Daniel Friedman, The Transformative Daf - Moed Katan, Mosaica Press, →ISBN, page 23

Forms of chalav stam

alternative formcholov stam

Origin of chalav stam

Borrowed from Hebrew חלב סתם (literally, “plain milk”).

Questions about chalav stam

What does chalav stam mean?
Chalav stam means milk or other dairy product that is assumed to be kosher despite not being supervised by a mashgiach.
What part of speech is chalav stam?
Chalav stam is a noun.

Words near chalav stam in the dictionary

  1. chalantly
  2. chalara
  3. chalasia
  4. chalastic
  5. Chalatenango
  6. chalav stam
  7. chalav yisrael
  8. chalaza
  9. chalazae
  10. chalazal
  11. chalazas

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