The Knesset plenum approved in second and third readings the bill to cancel the kosher certification reform of former Religious Services Minister Matan Kahana, with 46 supporters against 41 opponents. Kahana's bill sought to implement a reform in which the Rabbinate would serve as a regulatory body that could authorize other entities to issue kosher certifications on their behalf, provided they present their operations and meet the criteria of the Chief Rabbinate. Opposition to the reform came from ultra-Orthodox lawmakers and elements within religious Zionism, who argued, among other things, that it would undermine the status of the Chief Rabbinate.