The Parliament committee which will open hearings Thursday on the bill that would bar shechita, Jewish ritual method of slaughter, today announced that it has appointed Dr. Tsesav, university professor and Catholic priest, as its expert. Dr. Tsesav is author of a pamphlet which contends that shechita is not a Jewish law but merely a custom, a contention which forms the basis of Deputy Janina Prystor’s bill to outlaw shechita.
Deputy Sommerstein vainly protested the appointment of Dr. Tsesav. Deputy Rubinstein is expected to withdraw as Jewish expert on protest against the appointment.
Tomorrow a declaration signed by 12,000 rabbis stating that shechita is based on the torah, Jewish law, will be presented to President Moscicki, the cabinet ministers, Sejm deputies and senators.
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