Rabbi Avrohom Osdoba and Rabbi Yosef Braun, members of the Beis Din of Crown Heights, visited two locations where Kaparos was being held in the neighborhood on Monday evening.
During their visits to Kaparos sites on both Eastern Parkway and President Street, they were joined by Rabbi Berel Levertov, Kashrus Administrator for the CHK Vaad Hakashrus.
The Rabbonim inspected the knives being used for the schechting of the chickens, which is done following the Kaparos custom.
The Rabbonim were also shown the special area designated for a women’s line at the Kaparos site.
Gmar Chassima Tova
The achdus in our community should lead to Moshiach NOW! I was just talking to one of the places that had kaporos at 2:30 AM. I mentioned that there was discussion about the video showing kaporos being thrown in the garbage truck by their competitors. The owners reaction? You need to be dan lkaf zchus. Maybe those were the treifos? Maybe there was a bag or two of full carcasses, but they were not kosher, and the rest of the bags were heads and feet? I marveled at the fact that competitors were coming to their defense. Gut Yom Tov,… Read more »
It’s a huge issue that we need to address, if we’re going to these lengths to protect this minhag we should make sure it’s done right