Case Of Severe Animal Abuse In Chabad Village Draws Government Notice

The Agriculture Ministry inspectors made the decision to remove the animal after learning children in the area would come and visit to take turn beating it. They learned the second donkey had died of abuse.

Yeshiva World reports about a case of animal abuse in the Chabad hasidic village of Kfar Chabad not far from Tel Aviv. Kfar Chabad is the epicenter of Chabad activities in Israel and houses Chabad's national organizations there:

After veterinary authorities received a number of complaints, inspectors were dispatched to Kfar Chabad to check on the welfare of two donkeys owned by a local resident.

When inspectors arrived they only found one donkey, and it was in bad condition. The animal was tied in a way it could not move, and it suffered from malnutrition, swollen joints, eye infections and other problems.

The Agriculture Ministry inspectors made the decision to remove the animal after learning children in the area would come and visit to take turn beating it. They learned the second donkey had died of abuse.

The owner apparently does nothing to protect the animal from the beatings sustained by children.

Comments

[Yochanan Lavie]

How are the trolls gonna spin this piece?

[jewishdude]

G-d does not look favorably upon these slime. Praying three times a day does not offset this barbaric behavior.

Secular Jews who do not attend synagogue but treat animals humanely are looked upon much more favorably.

WHAT IS WRONG WITH THESE PEOPLE?!

[JustaUser]

I know you're not going to like this but the donkey belongs to a non chabad and non charedi who lives in a village that became part of Kfar Chabad over the years as the latter expanded... but is not of it. But feel free to jump to your own conclusions.

[RWisler]

I'm just glad that the authorities saved these defenseless animals. I hope that the Orthodox children (who should be taught the principles and halachas against "tzaar ba'alei cha'im" were not involved.

[Jeff]

"I know you're not going to like this but the donkey belongs to a non chabad and non charedi who lives in a village that became part of Kfar Chabad over the years as the latter expanded... but is not of it. But feel free to jump to your own conclusions."

To whom do the children belong? What conclusion will you draw?

[JustaUser]

The kids are obviously in the wrong and sad to say, typical of Israeli children. But it's the owner who has the real responsibility here.

[rebitzman - $101 to read my posts]

A little more time needs to be spent studying the passages that dictate that we treat animals well (Ex. 20:10, Deut. 25:4, Deut. 23:25-26, Ex. 23:11, Deut. 22:10, Ex. 23:5; Deut. 22:4,Lev. 22:28, Deut 22:6-7,Ex. 20:12, Deut. 5:16,Deut. 4:40.......... ) and less time spent studying Baalam.

[m]

chabad are the worse of them all in any and every respect you can think about .

they eat ' kosher ' , hire a shochet to have 'lubavitch chechita ' , but they abuse and torture animals .

where's the logic ? chabasd is not honest . never trust them .

[RWisler]

m,
While I'm no admirer of Chabad, we don't know from the report that the abusers were Chabad members. We probably should wait for more news about this abuse before pointing fingers.

[put a square into a hole]

Chill out.
This is Moshiach's donkey waiting to ride on....

[Alter Kocker]

If this is what Chabad teaches it's young, then there should not be any contact between them and animals. I have encountered some orthodox children who were kind to my dogs, and I have encountered those who found it amusing to attempt to harm my dog. I have found that those who attempted to harm the dog also had a world view that caused them to consider non-orthodox jews and non-jews as lower forms of life.

That is the crux of this matter. Children must be taught to respect all life. Our Ultra-orthodox cousins fail at this, then look askance at those who point out this failing.

[JessicaR]

Someone should investigate the possibility that the children who are tormenting these defenseless animals are themselves being abused. The children can't fight back against their abusers so they vent their rage on an animal.

While the Chabad parents I have known in the US have been decent and loving, a secular Israeli told me that one of the reasons he dislikes the Charedim is that they "heavily beat their children."

[Yosef ben Matitya]

they maybe training on donkeys to later fight non believers.

[Yosef ben Matitya]

Deut. 22:4,Lev. 22:28, Deut 22:6-7,Ex. 20:12, Deut. 5:16,Deut. 4:40.......... ) and less time spent studying Baalam.

actually, rebitzman, the donkey is their kfar-chabbad rebbe's alter ego.

[Account Deleted]

Bastard Chabadniks!I cannot believe they behave like this just a couple of weeks after their holiest chag!Is this what the Gospel teaches them?Pope Francis should excomunicate 'em!

[RWisler]

Abu Jihad,
You forget one thing... Pope Francis is not an idolator.

[Account Deleted]

My fault,RWisler.

[S M L]

Undersocialized primitives.

[Manny]

Abu Jihad,
You forget one thing... Pope Francis is not an idolator.

The Rambam (Machalos Asuros 11) writes that the Christians are plain avoda zora worshippers.
The Noda B'Yehuda writes (YD 148) that it is a common mistake to think that Goyim are not commanded against schituf. The reality is they are. The error, he says, comes from a Rama that says you are allowed to cause a non-Jew to swear to his god, since he is not swearing to an idol but just adding his idol to Hashem, meaning schituf.
But the NB"Y points out that all this means is that the Goy does NOT declare the idol to be a deity in the oath, but the belief itself that a deity shares power with G-d is really idolatry. Only the oath is permitted, since it does not express his real belief.
Other poskim concur with the Noda Beyehuda.
And although there are some poskim who do hold that Goyim are not commanded against schituf, but it doesn't make a difference anyway, because that only means that the Goyim are not sinning for being idol worshipers, which is between them and Hashem, but as far as we are concerned, we are commanded against schituf, and that makes them idol worshippers to us (Responsa Binyan Tzion I:63).
Christianity is Avoda Zora because they worship a god who impregnates women, and other characteristics such as a trinity that constitutes idolatry as opposed to worshiping the real G-d.
To better understand the issue you may want to distinguish between Christianity as a religion and medieval Gentiles who professed Christianity.
Christianity as a religion was just as much Avoda Zara to the Baalei Tosafos as it was to the Rambam. A simple proof of this is found in Avoda Zara 14b, d"h hatzav, where it is stated that it is forbidden to sell wax to the Goyim (for fear they will make votive candles). The issur is based on the verse "Lifnei Iver lo titen mikhshol" which is understood to mean that a Jew is not permitted to cause another (Jew or Gentile) to sin. We see from this that lighting a votive candle is a sin , i.e. avoda zara, even for a Gentile.
That the Baalei Tosafos allowed business with Goyim on religious
holidays, despite the Mishna to the contrary (2a, d"h asur), does not contradict the above. Rather, they held that Goyim do not take their own (idolatrous) religion seriously enough to offer thanksgiving for the profit they make from such commerce. That is, they made a distinction between the religion as such and its devotees. Because of this many rishonim (Rashi, Rabbenu Tam, etc.) ruled that Gentile wine is not forbidden in benefit (not assur behana'ah)-- Goyim today are mostly not priests and do not carry out the mass.
The "proof" that the Baalei Tosafos did not hold that Christianity is avoda zara comes from the statement that Goyim are not commanded to avoid "shituf." However the commentators from the world of Torah (i.e. Chazon Ish, etc.) [and even from the academic world (like David Berger, etc.)] have proved that this discussion (in Sanhedrin) is relevant only to oath taking (i.e. swearing to Hashem but having somebody else in mind as well), which is the usual meaning of "shituf shem shamayim im davar aher" in the Talmud. Christian worship as carried out in the medieval Catholic Church was regarded as avoda zora, period, for Jew and Gentile alike

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@Manny

Not impressed by plagiarism

http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/coffeeroom/topic/supporting-avoda-zara

[Account Deleted]

@Manny:thank you!Really learned and helpful!