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plural mashgiachs or mashgichim
(Judaism) Somebody who supervises the kashrut status of food in a restaurant. quotations examples
Kashruth fraud in Brooklyn. Seems a goon squad of fake mashgichim or kosher supervisors have been making their way around the neighborhoods pulling surprise ‘inspections’ on different shops and restaurants, selling them fancy-looking certificates to put in the window […]
2013, Thomas Pynchon, Bleeding Edge, Vintage, published 2014, page 24