Micah Becker-Klein

Rabbi Micah Becker-Klein is a Reconstructionist mashgi’ach in Springfield, MA.

Micah Becker-Klein

Jacob Sheep

Faith and Practice

Micro-Shechitah; Local, Seasonal, Organic, & Kosher

By Micah Becker-Klein

I had not eaten meat in 12 years. But I became convinced that meat could be an ethical choice for me–if I the animals were raised locally and sustainably, and if I slaughtered the animals myself, according to the values embodied in the Jewish laws of shechitah, kosher slaughter.

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