Dei'ah veDibur - Information & Insight
  

A Window into the Chareidi World

11 Adar II 5771 - March 17, 2011 | Mordecai Plaut, director Published Weekly
NEWS

OPINION
& COMMENT

OBSERVATIONS

HOME
& FAMILY

IN-DEPTH
FEATURES

VAAD HORABBONIM HAOLAMI LEINYONEI GIYUR

TOPICS IN THE NEWS

POPULAR EDITORIALS

HOMEPAGE

 

Produced and housed by
Shema Yisrael Torah Network
Shema Yisrael Torah Network

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NEWS
Kaporos Will Not be Defined as Cruelty to Animals

By Eliezer Rauchberger

The Knesset's Constitution, Law and Justice Committee approved an amendment to the Cruelty to Animals Law proposed by MK Rabbi Uri Maklev that would exempt kaporos done during the days before Yom Kippur from the regulations, meaning Agriculture Ministry inspectors will no longer be able to issue reports to operators of kaporos stands.

One month ago the Agriculture Ministry sought to redefine the regulations governing the Cruelty to Animals Law, enabling fines to be handed out to violators. MK Rabbi Maklev, who sits on the Constitution Committee, demanded the committee review the regulations to ensure kaporos are not made illegal.

After officials from the Ministry of Agriculture and animal rights organization Tnu Lachayot Lichyot submitted position papers clearly stating that the custom of kaporos does not fall under the prohibitions in the new regulations, Committee Chairman MK David Rotem gave instructions to list in the minutes that "the legislature approves the regulations, clearly acknowledging that they do not apply to the kaporos custom."

Following the discussion Rabbi Maklev thanked Rotem, the Agricultural Ministry and Tnu Lachayot Lichyot for their cooperation on the matter, in order to safeguard the custom.

 

All material on this site is copyrighted and its use is restricted.
Click here for conditions of use.