Reply To: The world is in a state of Geula- and don’t misunderstand us!

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“Yes, a lot of people are like that. But with lubavicher shechitah the rule is that our shochtim are yirei shamayim because they learn chassidus, so the fact that some of them go to places that no frum Yid should go to etc (I don’t want to elaborate in detail, but I KNOW facts) is irrelevant. The other shochtim don’t learn chassidus so they have less yiras shamayim.”

Na that’s not true. If we have a choice between someone who isn’t fit to be a shochet or someone who doesn’t learn Chassidus (btw learning Chassidus doesn’t have to be a luv) we would either go for the second one or go without the meat altogether.

The whole thing of learning Chassidus is that shechita in general is an awesome responsibility and there are many things that can go wrong. The Rebbe said something to the effect of that if someone learns Chassidus, the Rebbe takes responsibility that it will all go well. That doesn’t mean you keep on a shochet who is unfit to be a shochet.

I think There was also a story with one of the previous Rebbeim who were asked if the chassidim could eat the shechita of a German shochet who didn’t have a beard. The Rebbe said that they could because in the German cities, the lack of a beard was not an indicator of less yiras shomayim. Although for a lubavitcher, they would not eat from his shechita if he even trimmed.