http://blogs.jta.org/ENTRY_PERMALINK_HERE/why-a-chicken/ Ben Harris filed a report on the feud between animal-rights activists and Chabad-Lubavitch Chasidim over kapparos. Here’s his interview with Rabbi Shea Hecht about why the pre-High Holiday ritual must performed with a chicken. [audio:/images/archive/hecht.mp3] Audio sound funny?  Upgrade your Flash player. To subscribe to JTA’s Behind the News podcast, click here. en-us aeden@jta.org Copyright 2008 2008-10-13T;20:03:40-05:00