diff --git a/laws/management/commands/scrape_votes.py b/laws/management/commands/scrape_votes.py
index 0e181a67..c92fcd88 100644
--- a/laws/management/commands/scrape_votes.py
+++ b/laws/management/commands/scrape_votes.py
@@ -50,3 +50,11 @@ def _create_new_object(self, dataservice_vote):
         # if v.full_text_url != None:
         #     l = Link(title=u'מסמך הצעת החוק באתר הכנסת', url=v.full_text_url, content_type=ContentType.objects.get_for_model(v), object_pk=str(v.id))
         #     l.save()
+
+    def _recreate_object(self, vote_id):
+        vote = Vote.objects.get(id=int(vote_id))
+        vote_src_id = vote.src_id
+        dataservice_vote = self.DATASERVICE_CLASS.get(vote_src_id)
+        VoteAction.objects.filter(vote=vote).delete()
+        vote.delete()
+        return self._create_new_object(dataservice_vote)
diff --git a/simple/scrapers/__init__.py b/simple/scrapers/__init__.py
index 1b40ad8f..c46b1ca4 100644
--- a/simple/scrapers/__init__.py
+++ b/simple/scrapers/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import locale
 
 
-def hebrew_strftime(dt, fmt=u'%A %m %B %Y  %H:%M'):
+def hebrew_strftime(dt, fmt=u'%A %d %B %Y  %H:%M'):
     locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, 'he_IL.utf8')
     return dt.strftime(fmt).decode('utf8')
diff --git a/simple/scrapers/management.py b/simple/scrapers/management.py
index 17a6228e..c865ec54 100644
--- a/simple/scrapers/management.py
+++ b/simple/scrapers/management.py
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ def _has_existing_object(self, dataservice_object):
     def _create_new_object(self, dataservice_object):
         raise NotImplementedError()
 
+    def _recreate_object(self, recreate_param):
+        raise NotImplementedError()
 
 
 class ReachedMaxItemsException(Exception):
@@ -24,6 +26,7 @@ class BaseKnessetDataserviceCollectionCommand(BaseKnessetDataserviceCommand):
     option_list = BaseKnessetDataserviceCommand.option_list + (
         make_option('--page-range', dest='pagerange', default='1-10', help="range of page number to scrape (e.g. --page-range=5-12), default is 1-10"),
         make_option('--max-items', dest='maxitems', default='0', help='maximum number of items to process'),
+        make_option('--re-create', dest='recreate', default='', help='item id to delete and then re-create'),
     )
 
     def _handle_page(self, page_num):
@@ -37,13 +40,18 @@ def _handle_page(self, page_num):
                         raise ReachedMaxItemsException('reached maxitems')
 
     def _handle_noargs(self, **options):
-        page_range = options['pagerange']
-        first, last = map(int, page_range.split('-'))
-        self._max_items = int(options['maxitems'])
-        self._num_items = 0
-        for page_num in range(first, last+1):
-            self._log_debug('page %s'%page_num)
-            try:
-                self._handle_page(page_num)
-            except ReachedMaxItemsException:
-                break
+        if (options['recreate'] != ''):
+            self._log_info('recreating object %s'%options['recreate'])
+            vote = self._recreate_object(options['recreate'])
+            self._log_info('created as object %s'%vote.pk)
+        else:
+            page_range = options['pagerange']
+            first, last = map(int, page_range.split('-'))
+            self._max_items = int(options['maxitems'])
+            self._num_items = 0
+            for page_num in range(first, last+1):
+                self._log_debug('page %s'%page_num)
+                try:
+                    self._handle_page(page_num)
+                except ReachedMaxItemsException:
+                    break