Teaneck, NJ – Saturday’s vicious Nor’easter created nightmarish conditions across North Jersey, and led to the deaths of two people in Teaneck after winds knocked a tree down on them, authorities said.
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The victims were believed to be walking on the sidewalk along Jefferson Avenue early Saturday evening when wind gusts toppled a large tree, which struck and killed them, Teaneck Police Chief Robert Wilson said.
The tree also knocked down power lines, and police were unable to get close to the scene until crews from Public Service Electric & Gas arrived to shut off electricity.
At the scene Saturday night, police cordoned off portions of Jefferson with yellow caution tape.
The street is located in a heavily Orthodox Jewish neighborhood, residents said they believed the victims could have been walking home from the Shaarei Orah Shul.
VIN News has confirmed that Chesed Shel Emes and Abe Freidman Teaneck Police dep. Chaplain have been dispatched to the scene. The two individuals who were struck have been identified As Mr. Ovadi Musafi age 52, and Mr. Lawrence Krause age 50.
BD”h
Wow what a bizarre way to die. BDE
Bd’e may the families know no more sorrow
oy ve!!!!
i feel just as bad for them as every one else does, but can someone please explain to me the point of writing BDE
Was this Ovadia the president of the Sephardic Shul in Teaneck?
life is so unpredictable, scary
They were from shaarei orah. Sephardic congregation of teaneck , not CBY. What a tragedy
Oy vey RL we’re should see no more such tragedies. Baruch dayan emes.
hashem is calling us to do teshuva
how many communities have bee hit with people dying in such tragic and untimely deaths RL.
hashem should comfort the familys.
No. 9. You try to get it off your chest ,(so to speak )
BDE. [*It stands for Baruch Dayen haEmes, which means “Blessed is the True Judge.” When we hear of someone’s death, we are often shocked by the news and struck speechless, and that is the proper Jewish response.*]
Is this larry kraus the attorney
I know Mr. Krause personally, he was a exceptionally wonderfull man, mesiros nafesh to raise his children frum and a golden heart.
#17 , yes this is Mr. Krause the attorney
Hatzolah should warn people not to go outdoors with winds gusting in excess of 50mph.
May Hashem comfort the families of these two fine ehrilecha Jews who died coming back from Maariv.
BDH is a way of stating our belief in the fact that god gives and takes life, and we just have to prepare ourselves for when our number is called!
Bde!
the Mumbai story RL ppl where also so broke & was Tshivah feeling but now no1 leider remembers that Bitter story..
its a tragedy we r lider getting very painful wake up calls.. but we unfortunately forget
lets fix our behavior
They were walking from the Sfardi shul not from Bnei Yeshuran
cse keep up ur ahvoides hakodesh!!!!
Ad mosai?! BDE
Wow,if you would like to say baruch dayin emes maybe take a few seconds out of your busy life to write it out. Someone was niftar, at least show a little that you care.
Mr Larry Krause Z”L a Bal Teshuva many years who was going from strength to strength in Torah Avodah and Chesed a wonderfull husband and father He will be greatly missed by all his many friends and admirers and especially by his family He Should be a Maylitz Yosher for them all. for mishnayos leiluy nishmoso Eliezer Mordechai ben Avrohom Sholom Halevy
I know larry krause personally as we worked together at 40 wall street from 1990 till 1995. I am shocked and saddenned. He stayed in my home in Staten Island for shabbos back in the early 1990’s. Baruch Dayan Emes
They are true karbanos for our sins! I would like to say to the families Hamakom Yinachen Eschem Besoch SHaar Aveiley Tzion Yerushalayim we are with you in your pain. The niftarim should be meilitz yosher on all of us
I knew Mr. Krause personally, worked for him as my first job out of school, he was a truly kind individual that always tried to help where he could, gave unconditionally to charity, and cared deeply about other people. Hashem should protect his family, and support them in all their needs, and comfort them always… in his merit and the other soul that left this world, we should all increase in our ahavas israel by fighting our selfishness and ego in favor of a fellow jew, and then G-d will no longer be concealed, and Mashiah will come!!! Baruch Dayan Emet!!!
Please let us know details of both levayas when u know them. tx
I am so sorry for them , and their Families!!! May help the Klal during these difficult times!
This past year have been so many sudden and strange deaths! Children or young adults, very very painful and frightening!! Hashem please have rachmunes on your children. This is so sad. In a split second life has changed for these two families and I am sure for more.
the winds were really scary. we must have a guideline of range winds not to go outside.
When a Yid dies, we are so pained that yes we CRY! We hurt, because it is our brother, our sister, part of our Yiddishe Family. Hashem gave us all a part of Him. We all share a part of the Neshama from Hashem so we all belong to Hashem and we ARE ALL ONE! That is why when a Yid dies, even if we never knew him and even if he is on the other side of the world, we hurt so badly and we feel the loss! Hashem, look down and see your kinderlech and take us out of this terrible Gulas!
oy gevald, Larry was an exceptional human being, extremely devoted husband and father to ALL his 6 kids, youngest daughter less then 2 months old. Family went through so much hardship but Larry never lost his simcha and generousity. He will be missed by all his friends and lets never forget his wonderfull wife and kids who will need our support to carry on with their lives despite this tragic turn of events.
oy gevald the daughter will never remember her wonderful father…
Hashem yerachem and should send mushiach bb”u
I just read the News on my Yahoo Front page and rushed to this site.My instinct was right…Please G-d spare us such horrific tragedies. I pray that the Families find their peace in knowing these two fine men were good people who were simply returning to their Families after evening services and G-d in his infinite wisdom decided that was the time. They were True Tzaddikim for they were taken as they were about to perform the mitzvah of Havdalah.. May their memory be for a blessing.
Horrific tragedy for the community of Teaneck hampkom yenachem eschem bsosch shaor avleh Zion vyrushalium
BDE, some years ago here in Baltimore a similar tragedy happened Sukkoth, during hurricane Hazel when a boy walking home from davening with his father. The father’s blew off and the boy went to pick up the hat and a tree fell on him and he lost his life. Ironic circumstances
I just did tshuva I feel bad for these families.
Boruch Dayan Emes. I do care, I am crying as I type this message. I didn’t know these people, but, we are all brothers and sisters. These kedoshim were doing avodas hakodesh -going to shul in spite of the wild weather. Yehi zichrom boruch.
Why is everyone here arguing about writing BDE, about being Baal Teshuva, or about ANYTHING? We just lost two frumma Yidden. Isn’t that enough?? It is a TERRIBLE thing to lose a member of the family to a freak accident. I know. I lost my husband a little over a year ago and I am STILL grieving over it. Please, please stop arguing about shtuyot. Have some respect. Daven, give Tzedakah, do mitzvot l’zecer nimatechem!
wow
credit for CHESED SHEL EMES for working in this weather
a true CHESED SHEL EMES
i heard Rabbi Berger on the Zev Brener show
I have known Larry for many years. We maintained a close friendship and our children are friends. I will miss him terribly, but my heart can’t begin to imagine the grief that his wife and children are experiencing. May they be comforted for all who mourn for Zion and Yerushalayim.
Does anyone know his address or phone number I can get in touch with the family thank you
Does Mr. Krause have a daughter named Rachel?
I was at the shul with both Larry and Ovadia for shiur and mincha/maariv.Ovadia was the most animated person in the shiur, asking questions and being truly involved.The last thing I heard Larry say before this happened was how Hashem’s power is truly evident in a storm like this.And by the way-the shiur’s topic was Korban Pesach.They were truly one of a kind people who will be greatly missed.Please pray for their families to stay strong. BDE
This is very tragic. Larry Krause was a great man. May Hashem comfort his family during this tough time and give them the strengh to keep going. He will be greatly missed. BDE. Everyone please say some tehilim for his family and give some extra Tzedokah, as that is all we can do. Hope to never read anything like this again.
“you took the words right out of my mouth. we all need to stop picking at the little things and realize we are all jews. frum, not frum, doesnt matter, the point is, we lost 2 Jews.”
Oh, by the way, they were also people.
Ok i really don’t get why everyone is going back and forth but stop this fighting! You can all say they are both in a much better place now and God has a plan for every Jew. It was there time. I am sure I am the youngest one posting on this site but I feel the pain. Seeing any Jew go is hard. Both fathers are watching over their precious children and wives now. They are both sitting with our four fathers and Moshe rabbeinu right as we speak. Front row. They came out in the storm to pray and I believe i heard learn as well.
Daven for them. Pray for their families. Even thinking about this happening to me makes me scared. gam zu litova. It happens for the reasons only the One above us can answer.
does anyone know what street ovadias family lives on?
baruch dayin emet. their soul lives on forever…
sorry to the family members
If one follows the Rambam, AH, only the greatest merit Hasgachah pratis. The rest of us, are subject to probabilities where HaShem lets nature take its course. Having said that, it is a terrible tragedy.
lawrence krause’s son daniel is in my class.
I can’t stop crying.
The funeral for Lawrence Krause will take place Monday morning at 11AM at Yeshivah Darchei Avoteinu, 630 Avenue S (at East 7th Street), Brooklyn, NY