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| Rabbi shot, seriously wounded in Dagestan |
| 2013-07-27 |
| Rabbi Ovadia Isakov, 40, a representative of the Chabad-Lubavitch hassidic movement, was shot and seriously injured in Derbent in the Russian republic of Dagestan on Thursday. Isakov, identified as chief rabbi of Derbent by Chabad sources, was struck in the lung after being shot from behind by an unidentified assailant not far from his home. The attack took place as the rabbi left his car to enter his home. Russian authorities believed the attack might have been motivated by the rabbi's Jewish appearance. Police said they were considering "religious motivations" but were exploring all leads. The rabbi's house had been vandalized in 2007. |
| Posted by:ryuge |
| #4 They light a large bottle of kosher wine, Ship? ;-p |
| Posted by: Barbara 2013-07-27 23:19 |
| #3 Ah, yeah, that's it TW a house. The Rabi is semi-famous for building a large Mogen David that they light up during the holy days. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2013-07-27 22:47 |
| #2 Chassidism (also spelt hasidism, or some combination thereof) is a mystic movement in Judaism dating back to the 18th century in Eastern Europe, expressing worship as much in song and dance as in the classic prayers, Shipman. For whatever reason the clothing style of their males is somewhat locked into that time and place, while females dress with similar modesty to the women of other ultra-Orthodox Jewish groups. Only the Chabad sub-movement looks to the outer world of both Jews and non-Jews, establishing "Chabad Houses" all around the world to minister to whatever Jews might wander in, and it is likely those that you see -- those of the other branches seem to cluster in Brooklyn and Israel, having been wiped out in Europe by the Nazis. It was a Chabad House that the Muslem terrorists took over in Mumbai in 2008, torturing the young rabbi and his wife to death. Shul is the Yiddish word for a synagogue. Among the Hasids, Yiddish is very definitely a living language, though non-orthodox Jews also use shul, synagogue and temple interchangeably. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2013-07-27 16:46 |
| #1 Don't know too much about these guys, but Chabad-Lubavitch is very, umm, interesting. We have a small house (schul?) up the road from us. Today being the Sabath and Lubavitchers take this very seriously they are walking to schul. They strike me as a very primitive movement with all the good and bad baggage that carries. Including do it yourself Kosher butchering and a certain standoffishness. Still I find the practioniners and the Rab to be quite friendly and good neighbors. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2013-07-27 16:20 |