By COLlive reporter
Photography: Levi Nazarov
In advance of the upcoming High Holidays, the kosher slaughterhouses and butcheries in Russia, which employ teams of shochtim, are stepping up their work in order to meet the surging demand for kosher meat and poultry.
Last week, Chief Rabbi of Russia Berel Lazar paid an extended visit to Russia’s largest kosher slaughterhouse located in Ramenskaya, just outside of Moscow. There he inspected the knives and closely inspected the entire process, watching the Rabbis, shochtim, and Mashgichim at work.
Rabbi Lazar was met by Russia’s head shochet, Rabbi Yitzchak Kogan, and the director of the shochtim, Rabbi Yehuda Segev Friedman.
Company Manager Chaim Nissan Bayer showed Rabbi Lazar the latest developments at the plant, which currently employs over 300 full-time workers. This includes the new departments added for smoking and canning, which enables kosher meat and poultry to be safely shipped to the remotest corners of Russia.
After closely inspecting all the knives, Rabbi Lazar then checked each of the departments, ensuring that Russia’s Jews be supplied with the highest standard of kosher meat and chicken.
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