The European Union will postpone for at least two years any decision on banning shechita, according to Chief Ashkenazi Rabbi Yonah Metzger.
Rav Metzger, who is attending the 10th convention of the Rabbinical Center of Europe in Brussels, told Arutz Sheva correspondent Hezki Ezra that the EU decision came after pressure from Jewish communities and the Rabbinical Center of Europe.
“Today, in our visit to the European Union, we were told that the debate has been put off for at least two years,” Rav Metzger announced. “This is great news for the Jews of Europe and for Jews in the whole world, because what starts in Europe could reach other places too.”
(Read More: Arutz 7)
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