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A young girl looks at a chicken in her father's hands as Jewish families gather in Monsey for yesterday's kapparot ceremony. In the days before Yom Kippur, a chicken is held over a person's head and moved in a circle three times before the bird is slaughtered and donated to the needy. (Kathy Gardner/The Journal News)
In response to a complaint about bad odors, inspectors went to the privately owned land off Route 306 where the kapparot ceremony was held.
No chickens -or people-- were at the location, said Judith Hunderfund, an engineer with the Department of Health.
"There was a large amount of chicken feces, feathers, food and trash," she said. "There was also an odor."
The organizer, Moshe Lefkowitz, was cited for two violations of the Rockland sanitary code.
Inspectors later reached Lefkowitz, who promised to clean the site.
The Rockland Department of Health will inspect the location again tomorrow, when the ritual is expected to resume.
The Hudson Valley Humane Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is also inspecting the site regularly to make sure the chickens are being well-treated.
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Lefkowitz was fined $3,000 by the Health Department in January after leaving the site of last year's ceremony strewn with blood, feces, feathers and other garbage that attracted flies and maggots and caused potential for disease.
The owner of the old Rockland Drive-In in Monsey -where the ceremony was held last year -did not allow the group to use the property this year.
Lefkowitz has been paying the fine in monthly installments, Hunderfund said. The final payment is due this month, she said.
"If they don't maintain the facility appropriately, we will take legal action against them again," Hunderfund said.
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Oct 04, 2008 at 08:10 PM Anonymous Says:
yes, if it was smelly and littered he deserves the fine. Doing a mitzvah does not exempt you from dina diMalchusa dina or mentchlechkeit. There are real health hazards also.
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Oct 04, 2008 at 08:19 PM Myer Says:
It's totally disgusting. In the old days we didn't make a public spectacle of this. Each family went to the butcher or other tznius location. We did not make a big public festival of it which causes other people to be repulsed by the minhag. They should stop this in Monsey already. Enough Chillul Hashem!
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Oct 04, 2008 at 08:19 PM Myer Says:
It's totally disgusting. In the old days we didn't make a public spectacle of this. Each family went to the butcher or other tznius location. We did not make a big public festival of it which causes other people to be repulsed by the minhag. They should stop this in Monsey already. Enough Chillul Hashem!
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Oct 04, 2008 at 08:25 PM Anonymous Says:
nu nu zul es zein a kapparah.
its not a chillul hashem evreytime the inspectors decide to check it out even before they were called down
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Oct 04, 2008 at 08:29 PM Anonymous Says:
there doing a mitzvah they shouldnt get fined
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Oct 04, 2008 at 08:33 PM Casper the Friendly Ghost Says:
This causes the people in Monsey to ridicule the Torah, and look down on Jews. That is the classic definition of a Chillul Hashem.
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Oct 04, 2008 at 08:39 PM Anonymous Says:
I really am considering just using money for kaporus this year, not sure I want to use chickens that are causing a chillul h' and an owner who is only worried about the bottom line-$. the only good that can come out from this is that as you can see in the video the chickens are being treated better and now that they were fined- rightly so- he will keep things clean so not to get fined again.
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Oct 04, 2008 at 09:16 PM formely Says:
“ there doing a mitzvah they shouldnt get fined ”
what does doing a mitzvah have to do with cleaning up, I really do not understand your comment, he is not getting a fine for kapparah he is getting a fine for not cleaning up
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Oct 04, 2008 at 09:29 PM Anonymous Says:
Maybe they should post the Yiddishe cop there to keep order!!!
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Oct 04, 2008 at 09:29 PM Anonymous Says:
This is just plain old antisemitism!!!
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Oct 04, 2008 at 09:51 PM yomtee Says:
he does not have mazel
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Oct 04, 2008 at 10:59 PM Anonymous Says:
huever is behind this will go to hell this is pure anti samit. yes he shuld get a warning ! and by the way as this is a private property i would think that the owner will make him clean it up ! to all IMFARGINERS it ELIL let him make a living and if u dont like it dont do KAPORA with a chiken use money and leave this man and his family alone [him and his wife are invalid peple so plese bug off ]
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Oct 04, 2008 at 10:52 PM 306 and Where Says:
Anyone know where they are doing the kapporos this year here in Monsey?
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Oct 04, 2008 at 10:52 PM Yitzy Says:
to # 5 : yes for a mitzvah he should not be fined - for his chilul hashem he should be put in prison!
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Oct 04, 2008 at 10:44 PM concerned yid Says:
I feel sorry for the person with this kapparos business. He is a very nice well meaning person. But the massive kapparos is a bad idea and creates a chillul hashem every year.
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Oct 04, 2008 at 11:09 PM Anonymous Says:
# 13 its on 306 at the old monsey jewish center after the light of kersing parkway on the left
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Oct 04, 2008 at 11:17 PM Anonymous Says:
“ Maybe they should post the Yiddishe cop there to keep order!!! ”
shes off duty now, (ankle injury)
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Oct 04, 2008 at 11:14 PM bigwheeel Says:
“ Maybe they should post the Yiddishe cop there to keep order!!! ”
...And then we should have a Haitian cop for the Haitians and a Mexican cop for the Mexicans... and so on...!!!
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Oct 05, 2008 at 12:10 AM barak Says:
he was fined last year; so tell me if i violate building codes a second time after fined what do you think should be done?
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Oct 05, 2008 at 06:04 AM Anonymous Says:
“ there doing a mitzvah they shouldnt get fined ”
Mitzvah habah b'Aveira
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Oct 05, 2008 at 05:15 AM Anonymous Says:
“ Anyone know where they are doing the kapporos this year here in Monsey? ”
old monsey jewish center on 306
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Oct 05, 2008 at 02:51 AM abi gezunt Says:
it is the first that i c that a kapporas location is so nicly and so humanly arranged (as on the clip) if all the other centers would do same the tsar balay chyim factor would b ok and it willalso shut up PETA
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Oct 05, 2008 at 09:45 AM yiddishe bubby Says:
to yomtee, mazel has nothing to do with brains or mentchlachkeit, he gets paid, let him clean it up. and i love when we yell anti semite at everything, let's use our heads even just a lilttle.
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Oct 05, 2008 at 02:00 PM Allan Says:
“ what does doing a mitzvah have to do with cleaning up, I really do not understand your comment, he is not getting a fine for kapparah he is getting a fine for not cleaning up
”
#8 very well said..you hit the nail on the head!
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Oct 05, 2008 at 09:55 PM Anonymous Says:
Meh whats the chilul hashem?