Chaptzem Blog!      

A lot of schools and day camps have been doing this. It's a great way for the kids to do some "hands-on" learning, and see some of the things we don't usually get to see in the Big City.

 

The mussar haskel: we shouldnt be like a beheime that just eats and makes!

 

Another Musar Haskel- We are worse than animals if we engage in Lashon Hara, and other Aveiros, all that caused the destruction of the Bais Hamikdash 1 & 2.

 

Is this a photo of the campers or of the animals?

 

Bad Idea:

In the past few years, several outbreaks of serious illness have been associated with petting zoos and other exhibits where children come in direct contact with animals. In the year 2000, 51 people, most of them young children, became sick after touching animals at a farm exhibit in Pennsylvania; 16 of them had to be hospitalized. In Ontario in 1999, at least 159 people came down with diarrhea after touching goats at a petting zoo. In both of these instances, E. coli was identified as the cause of the illnesses. However, E. coli is not the only germ that can be spread by animals in petting zoos. Pigs, reptiles and birds (including chicks and ducklings), can carry Salmonella. A variety of animals, including cattle, deer and sheep, can carry the parasite Cryptosporidium. In rare cases, contact with petting zoo animals can even put people at risk for rabies.

http://www.preschoolerstoday.com/resources/articles/zoos.htm

 

anybody need a shofar?

 

Look at the beards on the goats - they must be chassidish!

 

My first thought was that perhaps korbanos were reinstated; were this Elul one might suspect they were getting ready to schlag kaporos.
On a serious note, it must be hard for these animals on the pavement, usually this is done in a park, from my experience.