September 21, 2020 - 3 Tishrei 5781 News from the Agudah:
- This Aseres Yemei Teshuvah, as Klal Yisroel readies themselves for Yom Kippur, Agudath Israel is calling upon the community to exercise extreme care regarding the custom of Kapporos. This special practice needs to be conducted in a manner that will ensure there will be no chilul Hashem, chas v'shalom, before the Yomim Tovim. Please see below a Kol Korei that was issued about this practice.
- Agudath Israel's Torah Projects Commission's series on Tefilos Yom Kippur: Teshuvah, Tefilah, Tzedakah begins tonight at 10:00 PM EDT with a shiur by Rabbi Yoir Adler on Tefilas Kol Nidrei. See below for login information.
- Bnos Agudath Israel is proud to present Giving is Gaining, a tailor-made Aseres Yemei Teshuvah program for high school girls. The program began this afternoon and will continue every day through Thursday, September 24th. See below for the full schedule and login information.
- Agudath Israel's PCS Division is proud to announce an expansion to their small business consultation program. Previously only available in New Jersey, this free program is now available for all New York and New Jersey businesses. See below for more information and how to register for a consultation.
- The Yerach Ha'eysonim Yarchei Kallah program for hilchos Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, and Sukkos continues tomorrow with a 11:00 AM hachana shiur followed by a 12:00 PM shiur by Rabbi Asher Weiss on Yisod Mitzvas Teshuvah and a 1:00 PM shiur by Rabbi Yitzchok Zilberstein on Hisorurus L'Aseres Yemei Teshuvah. See below for full schedule and login information.
| | Reissuing a Rabbinic statement (Kol Korei) that was first published 13 years ago and that remains relevant today, Agudath Israel of America is calling upon the community to exercise care regarding the custom of kapporos before Yom Kippur. Given the size of the community, and the large volume of chickens that will be handled in the upcoming days, the practice of kapporos needs to be conducted in a manner that ensures that proper standards of kashrus, cleanliness, and humane treatment of animals, as defined by halacha, are met. This can be achieved by patronizing only those establishments that are under appropriate rabbinic supervision. | | The Translation of the text is as follows:
To All Our Jewish Brethren, Hashem's Blessings Upon You!
As the y'mei ho'rachamim ve'hadin rapidly approach, and as Jews will soon be fulfilling the minhag of Kapporos during the Aseres Yimei Teshuva, we wish to emphasize the need for all public Kapporos centers to be under the exacting Hashgacha of a competent Rav Hamachshir to ensure that all aspects of this "minhag vasikin" (Rama, Shulchan Aruch Orach Chayim 605) are done properly in accordance with halacha.
Halachic authorities have long pointed out the need for special care to be taken during the Kapporos process that the chickens be slaughtered and processed properly, especially on Erev Yom Kippur, when many shochtim spend long hours shechting large volumes of chickens (as discussed in Mishneh Berurah, ibid, se'if koton beis). A proper Hashgocha will oversee all aspects of kashrus throughout the entire process, including the proper handling of the chickens prior to shechita so as to avoid fractures or other defects that would render the chickens treif; the validity of the shechita itself, including the necessary periodic checking of the knife used for shechita; the post-shechita internal bedika; and the proper kashering of the chickens (soaking, salting and rinsing).
In addition to these kashrus matters, the Hashgocha will also ensure that all other relevant halachos are carefully adhered to throughout the Kapporos process, including such matters as health and safety concerns (both those that concern the wellbeing of those who handle the chickens, as well as those that concern the safety of the food); scrupulous compliance with the Torah's laws of tza'ar ba'alei chayim throughout the entire process of storing, transporting and handling the chickens, which should be done by responsible adults, not children; ensuring that a live chicken that has already been used for Kapporos by one individual should not be reused for Kapporos by another individual; and sensitivity to tzniyus concerns, to avoid improper mingling to the extent possible.
We have enlisted the assistance of a group of distinguished local Rabbonim to work together with the proprietors and sponsors of Kapporos centers and with Mashgichim to implement proper standards, and to oversee the centers to ensure that nothing improper transpires in the Kapporos process.
We therefore call upon the entire tzibbur to patronize only those Kapporos centers that are under the exacting Hashgacha of expert Rabbonim. In the z'chus of carrying out this minhag vasikin properly, in full compliance with halacha, may we all be zocheh to kapporas avonos, and to be inscribed in the Book of the Righteous for a good and blessed year.
To this we have placed our signatures, for the benefit of the community, these final days of Chodesh Elul 5767.
Click here to download a PDF of the Kol Korei.
| | Tonight: Teshuvah Tefilah Tzedakah | | The program will begin tonight at 10:00 PM EDT with a shiur by Rabbi Yoir Adler, Rav, Khal Shoavei Mayim, Toronto on Tefilas Kol Nidrei. | | As Yom Kippur approaches and Klal Yisroel readies themselves for these yemei teshuvah, Bnos Agudath Israel is proud to present a tailor-made Aseres Yemei Teshuvah program for high school girls.
The program, Giving is Gaining, will take place from Monday, September 21st until Thursday, September 24th and will feature: Mrs. Yael Kaisman, teacher and Life Coach; Rebbitzen Tobi Teller, Menaheles of Hanna Sachs Bais Yaakov of Chicago; Mrs. Shuli Bengigi, Principal of Bais Yaakov of Miami; and Mrs. Nechama Denebo, teacher in Bais Yaakov of Los Angeles and Pico Bnos advisor.
Now is the time to get inspired, tune in daily by calling 425-436-6277 access code: 244274.
| | PCS Small Business Consultation | | Over the past two months, Agudath Israel's PCS Division has been offering free consultations for small businesses in New Jersey. Due to the overwhelmingly positive response, PCS is delighted to announce an expansion of this service to include small businesses in New York.
This program is chaired by Yossi Schuck, Partner, Bernath & Rosenberg, Elliot Zaks, Principal, Madison Title, and Shlomie Zeldes, CEO, AvaCare Medical LLC.
Applications accepted via online form only. | | Tomorrow, there will be a hachana shiur at 11:00 am EDT and a shiur by Rabbi Asher Weiss on Yisod Mitzvas Teshuvah followed by a shiur by Rabbi Yitzchok Zilberstein on Hisorurus L'Aseres Yemei Teshuvah.
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