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Councilman Simcha Felder proposing law that abolishes a Minhag Yisrael

Our favorite New York City Councilman Simcha Felder has been quite busy lately. Between swiping filing cabinets from City Hall, replacing street garbage cans and giving himself a pay raise it makes one wonder how he finds the time. However, Simcha's latest piece of proposed legislature may be putting him into a halachic quandary. Simcha has been very busy lately doing the press circuit about placing a $1,000 fine on people that feed the pigeons. Now, while this possible new law and newly conceived office of 'Pigeon Czar' may be the best new law of the millennium, it may however come into conflict with a long established Minhag that Yidden the world over have been practicing for thousands of years. You see, as every Yiddishe kindergarden child knows, as a thanks to the birds for eating the Mun that Dussan and Aviram placed in the open on Shabbos to embarrass Moshe Rabbeinu, we put out crumbs for the birds to eat every year for Shabbos Parshas Beshalach. Councilman Felder however wants to put an end to this Minhag and make it illegal to feed the birds. We will cannot allow this to happen. We cannot tolerate this outright violation of 'Minhag Yisrael Toirah'.

Let's all band together and let Simcha know that what he is doing is neged the Toirah and we will not tolerate it.

Call, e-mail, fax and write Councilman Simcha Felder and let him that you are outraged at his flagrant disregard for the Torah and Mitzvahs

Below is the Councilman's contact information -

District Office Address:
4424 16th Avenue
Brooklyn, New York 11204
District Office Phone No.: (718) 853-2704
District Office Fax No.: (718) 853-3858

Legislative Office Address:
250 Broadway, 17th Floor
NY, NY 10007
Legislative Office Phone No.: (212) 788-7357

Email: felder@council.nyc.ny.us