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| Jerusalem Police arrest Jewish Man suspected of intent to slaughter goat |
| 2010-03-29 |
| Jerusalem District police officers detained extreme right-wing activist Noam Federman Monday afternoon, after he was caught driving his vehicle with a kid — a young, male goat - in his car. Federman is suspected of intending to ritually slaughter the animal in the recently renovated Hurva Synagogue located near the Temple Mount in the Old City. Police said right wing activists threatened repeatedly this week to come up to the Temple Mount and conduct ritual slaughter there during the Pessah holiday. The passover animal offering is one of the few not forbidden by virtue of the Kohanim being ritually impure (by virtue of proximity to dead bodies) and also it is the only one of those that is not funded by the ritual census Shekel collection (which is not done without a Temple) - thus it is the only animal offering that is 'ritually permitted' post Temple and without the red heifer 'cleasing' of impurity |
| Posted by:lord garth |
| #3 Look, folks - it's a goat... It's entire purpose in life is to produce milk, cheese and more goats before being killed and eaten. |
| Posted by: mojo 2010-03-29 17:19 |
| #2 A-Moose I think you mean a PETA vs Orthodox Jewish fight re kosher slaughtering since animal sacrifice isn't done by normalistic groups (yes the Samaritans still do it). PETA has done some deceitful cut and paste film making in Kosher slaughterhouses (of course even under humane conditions, a slaughterhouse is not a pleasant place and not for the feint of heart). |
| Posted by: lord garth 2010-03-29 15:39 |
| #1 One of the few almost dangerously bitter fights among American Jews is over animal sacrifice vs. PETA nut Jews. It is so far beyond just an argument that many who would gladly argue for hours on other subjects try desperately to change the subject. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2010-03-29 14:29 |