Comments on: Hikind on Kaporos Chickens Lawsuit: ‘Shame on You!’

By: Bottom line

Bottom line — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 20:35:18 +0000

@UncleMo
As the Shulcan Aruch states kappra with chickens is darchei emori. The way of the goyim. Just stating what our Rabbis say.

By: Bottom line

Bottom line — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 20:34:20 +0000

@UncleMo
As the Shulcan Aruch states kappra with chickens is darchei emotional. The way of the goyim. Just stating what our Rabbis say.

By: nfgo3

nfgo3 — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 17:00:38 +0000

Shouldn’t the men and boys in the accompanying photo be wearing bigger hats if they are going to hold chickens over their heads? And is that where the custom of the big black hat comes from?

By: Yoseph Schreiber

Yoseph Schreiber — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 15:24:09 +0000

The above article really does not describe the situation. Here is the link to the article in the NY Daily News

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn/brooklyn-suit-aims-stop-barbaric-jewish-chicken-ritual-article-1.2283412

The article sounds credible including the accounts of the streets being used as a slaughter house and not that well.

I have seen kaporas slaughtered in Geula and Shimon HaTsadik. There is no way to expiate the practice. I have seen dead chickens littering the ground in Brachfeld and have smelled their stench in Bayit VeGan. The time has come for this custom to be forgotten.

By: hrhine@fedkas.com

hrhine@fedkas.com — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 13:53:12 +0000

unfortunately these poor souls have nothing better to do with their time. Let them better deal with the jungle in the streets with senseless killing and a city council that is living in la la land trying to further hog tie the police.

By: zahavasdad

zahavasdad — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 13:43:36 +0000

13th Ave in Borough Park isnt the best place to store chickens in a coup and slaughter them. Go to a chicken farm if you must do it.

Because of the conditions, most of these chickens are spoiled and cannot be given to the poor anyway. Give money to the poor, they will more likely be able to use it

By: bigkhuna

bigkhuna — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 11:33:08 +0000

There was a time I switched from my families custom of using money for kaparos until one year chickens were left out on a Friday night during a rain where the birds in the lower cases were drowned. The kaparos dealer wanted to make sure he had product for matzoa Shabbos kapparos it the expense of the animals suffering. In general I have seen the way the kaparos are handled before they reach their intended use seems cruel to me. I have since switched back to using money. Also, many say the proceeds go to zadakah, I don’t trust them not that it matters but a live chicken cost a lot less than what they charge.

By: Climbing

Climbing — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 06:36:37 +0000

Thank you Dov for bring out the issue nicely, thanks @unclemo for your points. And I’ll add that we do need to be more careful in how we Handel the chickens, not even for these antisemites, simply because of Tzar ballei chaim, just a little more care

By: Mark Levin

Mark Levin — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 05:57:01 +0000

Folks, shchita is a bloody mess. There’s nothing new about that. The problem with the imbeciles that scream publicly how it should be done with money is that they don’t see past the to of their noses. WE DON’T NEED GOVT MEDDLING IN OUR GESHEFT!!!

Kaporos, milah, education where does it so with you people?

By: kollel faker

kollel faker — Tue, 07 Jul 2015 23:55:07 +0000

The Tracks on religion have started
This is because of the supremes lady decision