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To All Our Jewish Brethren, Hashem’s Blessings Upon You!
As the y’mei ho’rachamim ve’haratzon 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.
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The above Kol Koreh, originally published seven years ago (2007 / ‫)תשס”ז‬,
is reprinted as a public service by Agudath Israel of America.