Brooklyn, NY – Hundreds of people turned out tonight for the funeral of Menachem Stark, after the body of the 39 year old Williamsburg real estate developer was found in a dumpster at a Great Neck gas station. As previously reported on VIN News, Stark’s burned body was discovered by police late yesterday afternoon and the Nassau County medical examiner’s office has yet to announce if Stark’s body was burned prior to his death.
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The levaya was held at the Lodiner Shul on Marcy Avenue at 8:30 tonight and the crowds filled the street for a full city block in either direction.
Emotion laden hespedim were offered by the niftar’s father, R’ Yisroel Stark, his father in law R’ Yisroel Yitzchak Bernath, his chavrusa Chaim Hersh Weiss , his brother in law Pinchas German, R’Avraham Mendlovits, the Lodiner Rov, his business partner Sam Perlmutter, R’ Yosef Dovid Schneebalg, the Satmar Rebbe, Reb Zalman Leib Teitelbaum and his brother Yoely Stark.
Stark was the father of eight children, ranging in age from 16 to just under one year old.
“There is an outpouring of grief here and my deepest condolences go out to the family of Menachem Stark and the entire Williamsburg community,” Councilman Steve Levin told VIN News in a phone interview from the funeral. “It is absolutely heartbreaking.”
In a statement released this evening, State Senator Daniel Squadron extended his sympathies to the Stark family.
“I am horrified by this heinous and shocking crime and join the entire community in mourning. We will work with law enforcement in New York City and Nassau County to ensure that the perpetrators and found and brought to justice.”
Following the over ninety minute levaya, the niftar and his family departed for an 11 PM levaya to be held in Monroe, with kevura to take place at the Satmar cemetery on Schunnemunk Road.
All photos credit to Shmuel Lenchevsky/VINnews.com
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Photos below form Funeral in Kiryas Joel. Credit Eli Wohl
brauch dyan haemes and may they catch and kill the murderers soon.
Guest on Zev Brenner radio show is discounting rumors on WPIX that the murder was the result of a feud between Satmar and Chabad, disputes over real estate finances etc.
BD”E
He was a super nice guy.
Will sure be missed.
Wow feel so bad can’t think straight this is sick can’t sleep I’m sure there are a lot of people that have the same problem tonight it’s frightening and scary. May we only hear besiros toves
brauch dyan haemes and may
they skin the murderers soon
We hope if they need help to recover and follow camera footage to track that van were it was driven from & to in the past week or so and follow the people in it. they will ask for help asap
I believe the yidishe communities have not suffered such a major tragedy since Leiby kletzky a”h…unfortunate we don’t have the tzadikim who can tell us where we need major change . This tragedy happened in days of shovovim when every yid can do real tshuva. Every hid should undertake to better ourself this will be a major tikin for klal Yisroel . May Hashem be me ache this broken family and all of klal Yisroel
3rd Major incident in Williamsburg in 10 months.
1) Glober couple perished in terribile accident, in Williamsburg.
2) Reb Lipa Breyer vanished from Williamsburg last month, and was found in a Queens Hospital severely beaten, and died a week later.
3) Reb Mnachem Stark’s abductiom in Williamsburg last week.
Wake Up Williamsburg! Look no further, the hate going on in Williamsburg, the ugly pashkevilim that littered the streets in Williamsburg day in day out!
what is Williamsburg waiting for? Who needs more signs from shamayim?
Giving Tzedaka is certainly the biggest Mitzvah but sometimes the line is blurred between which cause is a worthy cause and which is the opposite
For example when a Yid is great need, we all assume that it’s the biggest Mitzvah to help and certainly it is indeed
The lines become more blurry and more fuzzy, in case of 2 yidden who are in dispute with each other. For which one of the 2 Yidden in dispute are you going to give “tzedaka”?
If one of them is clearly in the right and the other is clearly in the wrong, yet your Tzedaka is going to decide which one of the 2 you are going to help and in doing so, you become responsible for the result
If there are “two sides” writing Pashkvilin against each other, is it “tzedaka” to help one or the other?
What about an example of a suspected pedophile, who is arrested, and charged and you may not be sure if he is right or wrong.
Are you going to be helping a criminal or a victim, depending if indeed the person being charged is indeed guilty or not
What about an alleged victim of abuse, who makes claims that a prominent member of the community had abused him?
How come we never made a fundraiser for the abuse victim???
It’s quite obvious that HKB”H is hinting to us in a very stern way, that we should start being Mechanech our children to have the proper respect and be empathatical to Eino-Yehudim.
We must remember, that, they too are His Briyot whom He keeps on creating with wonders, and He is a Keil Kannoh V’noikem.
We should all be Zoiche to do the real Tshuvah.
reply to #2 & #10 . Besides wpix broadcasting their stupid remarks…the Post headline was “who didn’t want him dead” so I ask you, who do we trust? Freedom of speech is NOT what this implies..it is Anti-Semitism at it’s best! Yidden can only rely on Hashem, and the support of one-another – Achdus!! Let us unite as Klal Yisroel, the way Hashem wants us to be…and daven that we should never have such tzar again!..We were makriv our korbon, now let us see the Ge’ulah! There must have been some real heavy g’zaira hanging over us…oy vey oy vey
You think wpix was bad!…did you see the headlines in the ny post?? “who didn’t want him dead”..that’s not freedom of speech, that’s Anti-Semitism at its best! We Yidden have no one to trust or turn to – other than Hashem. And Hashem wants us to unite as one loving nation. And we only can rely on one another…not on the goyim.[Even the good, kind goyim cannot understand our pain] Gevalt! We were makriv our korbon! now let the geulah shlaima save us all!!!
Eventually the truth will come out. This wasnt a random killing…
I know it wont be displayed , yet i refrain not of speaking from the heart
” actions are to be methodically thought of “
Good intentions and they are one thing
Yet Actions and how going about it is totally something different !
This was a good person a very good man
Thats all i will say !
gossip is one thing…propaganda against Jews is another thing…this and the Post’s headline is not gossip..it’s anti-semeism
We should focus on prayer for the deceased and for his widow and 8 children. And help the investigation to catch the killers, who may be part of our community. After they are caught we can reflect on the Creator’s message to us about this affair.