Sunday, August 20, 2023

US TOWN DEMANDS 6 MONTHS NOTICE OF RABBI'S FUNERAL

The town of Chestnut Ridge in the United States made an unusual demand of a hasidic court.

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The Rebbe of Rachmastrivka, known as the "Eldest of the Rebbes," Rabbi Chai Yitzhak Twersky, passed away last week and was laid to rest in a mass funeral that halted traffic, apparently disturbing the leaders of the town of Chestnut Ridge, located on the road south of Monsey that leads to the large hassidic Har Shalom Cemetery in which the Rebbe was buried.

The funeral service took place, in Boro Park, Brooklyn where the Rebbe's synagogue and court is located, with burial at the Har Shalom cemetery in Airmont, Rockland County.

Alak Shah, the lawyer representing the town, sent a letter to the cemetery's management in which he wrote: "Our Office is Special Counsel to the Village of Chestnut Ridge, New York ("Chestnut Ridge"). We write to advise you of an unacceptable situation in Chestnut Ridge on August 16, 2023, which was the direct result of Har Shalom Cemetery's failures."

...."Due to the foregoing failures of Har Shalom, hundreds of Chestnut Ridge residents were unable to return to their own homes or make their appointments for hours because major thoroughfares and arteries in Chestnut Ridge were closed due to the Grand Rabbi's funeral on August 16, 2023. Moreover, the funeral was over by 9:00p.m. yet critical roads stayed closed until nearly midnight. . MORE AT US town demands 6 months notice of rabbi's funeral | ערוץ 7 (israelnationalnews.com)

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