Apparently it turns out that this was not Finkel's first transgression. Last night in Synagogue I met a Rabbi who I have known for the past year and who has spent most of his carreer in the field of kosher supervision. He informed me that 7 years ago, Finkel tried to bring treifa meat in the form of beef tounges and chickens into Monsey's largest catering hall, The Atrium, on Route 59. The Atrium maintains its own separate kosher kitchen which all of the kosher caterers use and has its own Mashgiach to make sure that everything that comes in there is properly certified. All kosher meat has to bear a plumber (the "b" is pronounced unlike the English word) which is a metal identification tag that is attached at the meat packing plant by the supervising Rabbi. The Masgiach at the Atrium confronted Finkel when he did not see any plumbers attached to the tounges or chickens and Finkel responded that they fell off. Anyone who has ever seen one of these plumbers knows how securely it is attached. It has to be literally cut off with a knife. Needless to say the Masgiach did not buy Finkel's story and refused to let the meat in. He then proceeded to call up all the wholesale suppliers of Glatt Kosher meat (there are only about 5) and asked them if this was their shipment. All of them said, "absolutely not". He then called Rabbi Breslauer who is Finkel's supervising Rabbi and reported what had taken place. Finkel got away with just a slap on the wrist after promising Rabbi Breslauer that he would be a good boy from now on, and Rabbi Breslauer took him at his word. However from that day on, Finkel's meat was never again allowed into the Atrium at all.

                                                   SOL ZELLER