Brooklyn, NY – 5 Sifrei Torahs Missing From Borough Park Shul Found

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    Yanky Meir of Missaskim brings back the Tohras from teh DA's office to memebrs of the ShulBrooklyn, NY – VIN News has learned that all Five Sifrei Torahs that were reported missing last week from the Kalrsburg synagogue at 1556 53rd Street, have been returned safely.

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    According to NY Assemblyman Dov Hikind, an anonymous individual brought back last night all 5 Torahs to the office of Brooklyn’s District Attorney where its being kept now for future investigation. “Its just great news that on Lag BaOmar the Torahs have been recovered”, Hikind told VIN News.

    Brooklyn district attorney Charles Hynes released the following statement to VIN News: “I am very pleased that I was able to facilitate the return of these sacred Torahs to the synagogue and the members of the congregation.”

    This is exactly what we were hoping would happen,” said Councilman David Greenfield. “Thanks to the joint efforts of the NYPD, the DA’s office and community leaders, these Torah scrolls have been returned on the Jewish holiday of Lag Ba’Omer – traditionally a day of great celebration. For nearly 2,000 years Jews have been celebrating Lag Ba’Omer as one of the happiest days on the Jewish calendar. Today, we are overjoyed.”


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    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    13 years ago

    B”H

    Now that I said B”H already, you don’t have to..

    I hate seeing posts that have only H”H or BD”H..

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    13 years ago

    B”H, what a simcha.

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    13 years ago

    Thanks G-d

    yuh yuh
    yuh yuh
    13 years ago

    Mamesh b’zchis der hailigeh taneh

    Tina18
    Tina18
    13 years ago

    Wow – Some good news for a change – Thanks

    A Yid
    A Yid
    13 years ago

    B”H the Sifrei Torahs are back

    wow
    wow
    13 years ago

    Chasdei hashem! Baruch hashem!

    Dav
    Dav
    13 years ago

    “Its just great news that on Lag BaOmar

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    13 years ago

    R’ chaskel roth who is in Miron now poeld a yeshuah bizchis reb shimon

    ubet
    ubet
    13 years ago

    A ness!!!! I wonder who took them and how ?????

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    13 years ago

    In zchus fin Reb Shimon!

    a resident
    a resident
    13 years ago

    Oh thank god it was found!! And it is really nice that it was found on lag b omar

    Es Shtimt Nisht
    Es Shtimt Nisht
    13 years ago

    This whole story doesn’t add up.

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    13 years ago

    This whole story doesn’t sound right

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    13 years ago

    It sounded fishy from the beginning but Baruch Hashem it was returned .

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    13 years ago

    ‘Anonymous individual’? Can’t be very anonymous to carry five sefrei torah into a police precinct.

    surch
    surch
    13 years ago

    to #7

    I you related or the same as the one who’s comment (no matter the subject matter)
    will always be ” theres something fishy about this”?

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    13 years ago

    ב”ה

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    13 years ago

    Inside job!

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    13 years ago

    hooray! great news! in the zechus of the rashbi!!!

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    13 years ago

    Sound like #7 is 1000 % wright . I don’t think that we needed niesem here vhamiavn yuven

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    13 years ago

    stay tuned

    lag
    lag
    13 years ago

    will it help something for the theif by returning by himself?

    Phillip
    Phillip
    13 years ago

    I bet that Dov Hikind is relied….. He has saved himself $10.000 since there is
    no one to receive the reward

    oiberchuchem
    oiberchuchem
    13 years ago

    Publicity and Id scroll security system must of sceared the thiefs

    aron titelboim
    aron titelboim
    13 years ago

    Good news b”h for this

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    13 years ago

    thank you very much dov for all your work , this is why we the jewish community needs you .a sefer torah must be treated like a person and i feel it is like you helped redeem and save five people ,yesher koach dov!

    pityu
    pityu
    13 years ago

    i have a feeling that those who stole it were non other then the owners themselfs or close friends or relatives this whole story is very very suspicious if it turns out to be true then all the torah learning in the world is for naught and its a gigantic shame on us all yiddin who are honest and decent

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    13 years ago

    All the comments are in basic true order.
    Most of us felt this was an inside job especially with the window and safe open.
    Remember it says someone returned or rather bought the toras to the D.A.’s office.
    So it was either someone confessed and bought it to a second person and swore him to secrecy and that second person bought the torahs to the D.A.s office or there is a piece of information that is not being told to the public.
    Whatever the case is, the shul should definitely have all entering take a lie detector test to determine who on the inside was helpful to the original crime.
    We cannot just shove this under the rug with comments of miracles an Boruch Hashem. Yes, it is B”H that the torahs are back home but we cannot let this crime go unsolved. Definitely the person who took them had intentions of selling but when realized all the cooperation among such as police and Vaad Mishmeres Stam and the world he/she realized they had no chance of profiting.

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    13 years ago

    Is District Attorney Hines going to let this crime go unprosecuted? Is Dov Hikind satisfied with that? Something smells fish………

    Yossi
    Yossi
    13 years ago

    I hope this incident will teach a lesson to every shul…1) Install a lock in the safe which will automatic close when you return the sefer torah back after reading the parsha
    2) every shul MUST install hidden cameras which is very reasonable considering the loss of such valuable torahs.3) every person who owns a torah should have it insured on his home owner policy naming the offsite place of storage. 4)Have theTorahs registered at Mishmeres stam which will make it very hard to resell ..5) Change the combination every 2 years and the Gabbe must keep a LOG of every person who has the combination number….I am sure all the mispalalim of Rabbi Roths shul will have to fast for the bizoyin of those sefer torahs and every jew should give at least ONE dollar tzedukeh for the bizoyin caused to those Torahs.

    rabbi stern
    rabbi stern
    13 years ago

    SHAME ALL OF YOU!! For not thanking hashem for this neis!! Only hashem made this neis bizchus hatane reb Shimon bar Ychai.

    Nissim
    Nissim
    13 years ago

    How do you know this is a ness? It might be Masseh Bal Dovor – Sitrah Acharah. Of course, to the people who felt it in their pocket it is considered a nes (that is called NIGEAH – self interest). But it does not mean that it did not come from the Sitra Acharah. See Al Hgeualh Vial Hatemurah from Rabeinu Yoel and the pisokem from Rabbi Moshe Hirsch Z”RL.

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    13 years ago

    R Yechezkal Roth
    is one of the biggest tzadeikim today
    Hashem is with him

    Rashbi Chasid
    Rashbi Chasid
    13 years ago

    Hodu laShem ki tov, ki leolam chasdo !!!
    Thank you Dov Hikind for bring so much publicity and offical notice.
    I suspect that the theft had much to do with Toldos Aaron’s meg-celebrations at Meron every year.
    Since Rav Roth ruled that ohaim are not permitted to go up Meron, the ruling was effectivelly against Toldos Aaron. Saying that Rav Roth went against the Torah, Toldos Aaron chasidim felt that the Torahs must be taken away from Rav Roth.
    On the other hand, the Boyaner Rebbe has the exclusive privilege of lighting the first bonfire at Meron. In effect, Toldos Aaron was stealing the show. So, it’s quite possible that Boyaner chassidim “temporarily removed” the Torahs, knowing that Toldos Aaron will get blamed. Either way, the “temporary theft” is directly related to Toldos Aaron’s excessses at Meron.

    Dov
    Dov
    13 years ago

    There’s more in what they’re not saying than in what they are saying. V’dl.

    חמש"ה חומש"י תורה
    חמש"ה חומש"י תורה
    13 years ago

    I guess after he finished 5 times learning he returned it.

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    13 years ago

    This happy ending would feel like a Nes if the shul and the safe was vandalized or broken into by some outside thieves. From the beginning, a lot of people even in BP felt like this was an inside job done out of politics. Charedi clans have a lot of politics mixed with in their leadership.
    I hope that community and the shul will get its act together, because I wouldn’t want to be in an environment where there is a possibility that someone of great respect may have been responsible for stealing these 5 Torahs. You can’t go lower than stealing Torahs to prove some point. They need to start learning from Alef Beis to catch up to true Torah life.

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    13 years ago

    yes everyone is grateful that the sifrei torah were returned safely but this needs to be a lesson to all of us to protect our sifrei torah in all shules.
    there should be alarms and clsoed circuit cameras.
    they id markings should be done for all as well.

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    13 years ago

    This was an inside job in order to get that $10,000

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    13 years ago

    The rav from this shul who left for EY without securing the sifrei torah needs to explain what he could have been thinking to do somthing so irresponsible. If he arranged this whole farce for some special reason, than he also has some explaining to do. Either way, its wonderful the seforim have been returned safely but someone needs to be held accountable for such a chilul hashem.

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    13 years ago

    A funny Lag B’Omer spiel .

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    13 years ago

    The whole thing was a misunderstandig. Game over .

    Lag B'omer Jew
    Lag B'omer Jew
    13 years ago

    B”H Just as the torah was revealed to us on this day by the Rashbi, so too this Torah was revealed to us by someone else. Who is that someone?, we don’t know, but he is probably Eliyahu Hanavi in disguise.

    BPPS113
    BPPS113
    13 years ago

    wow great picture Yankiy and Simcha

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    13 years ago

    Can someone out there spill the beans. What REALLY happened?. Will the public ever find out ? Or is this an inside story that will stay hush shush?

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    13 years ago

    Something is NOT KOSHER here.

    Yid mit Kop
    Yid mit Kop
    13 years ago

    B”H The Sifrei Toros are back!

    Ashame whoever did this! But there is no doubt in any matire mind that this was just stolen and finally brought back. It was a shpeel by someone/s for some reason.

    Theory 1: Since it was left unlocked, the person who wanted to teach them a lesson to lock it from now on.

    Theory 2: Might be some politics going on between Reb Moishe the Rav Hatzoir and the borther The Hamarader Rav… But it didnt work out well….

    Theory 3: Ganovim who saw they cant get away with it,.. but then why….?

    Theory 4: Something much deeper we all hope to find out!

    Theory 5: Just to make sure that from now on they WILL make insurance!

    Theory 6: Just for the fun of it of a close by person.

    Theory 7: Its definitely an inside job!

    Theory 8: _____? You tell us!