Neighbor cries fowl: Horrified over caged chickens killed during Orthodox rite
By Jessica Fargen
October 2nd, 2006
The city is cracking down on a rabbi who ruffled feathers in his Brighton neighborhood by slaughtering dozens of chickens as part of a religious ritual and later turned his driveway into a makeshift butcher shop.
The city plans to issue a nuisance notice today to the owner of 239 Chestnut Hill Ave., where yesterday dozens of squawking chickens were beheaded as part of a ritual preceding Yom Kippur.
Rabbi Pinchus Krinsky of the Lubavitcher Shul, an ultra-Orthodox sect of Judaism, started performing the slaughter at his home five years ago after his butcher shop closed, said next-door neighbor Larry Loew who says he complained to the city Saturday about the unsanitary conditions. (….Full Article Here) and another showing the horror of his Jewish neighbors
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* View Photo Essay of Jewish Kapparot (atonement) Ritual
* Also read about the Yom Kippur evening Kol Nidre (release of all oaths) Prayer
