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Borrowed from Hebrew חלב ישראל (“Jewish milk”)
chalav yisrael (uncountable)
- (Judaism) milk or dairy product produced under rabbinic supervision.
1994 July 23, YOSEF_KAZEN, “Why are Hasidim speaking for all Orthodox?”, in soc.culture.jewish[1] (Usenet):I am denouncing the unfortunate fact that people who are learned will use the Heter of R. Moshe to eat Ice Cream that is not Chalav Yisrael.