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adj., adv. Super-kosher (not only of food), or acceptable to the Haredi community.
adj. Showing consistency of reason (Weiser).
"They ate at that place - glatt treif!"
"The wedding had separate seating and separate entrances for men and women - the whole affair was glatt kosher."
"Pesach at the Super Luxurious Ritz Acapulco - guaranteed highest standard of Glatt Kosher!"
"The whole meal was glatt."
"They'll only eat glatt kosher."
"His p'sak is based on a glatte svara" (Weiser)
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Yiddish גלאַט glat 'smooth, even' (see Notes)
glat
'Glatt', which strictly speaking has no meaning outside meat, is now a catch-all phrase with sociological rather than halakhic significance. Has a technical meaning relating to the lungs of a slaughtered animal, denoting a lung "smooth" and without adhesions or growths. Also has an interesting variant - 'Glatt treif' - meaning the polar opposite of 'glatt kosher' -- i.e. unarguably, extremely non-kosher or unacceptable to Orthodox Jews.
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