One of the victims of the Chabad House Aryeh Leibish Teitelbaum was a non-zionist jew. Not that it makes his loss any greater or less than the others whose lives were so senselessly lost. But I am sure these jehadi nihilist hoodlums and their sponsors didnt care or tell the difference.
American Chabad House victim laid to rest in J'lem
Dec. 3, 2008
Etgar Lefkovits
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Thousands of haredim packed the narrow streets of
Teitelbaum, 37, was gunned down by the attackers while studying in the Chabad House in Mumbai, shortly after finishing his prayers. Teitelbaum was in Mumbai last week to help supervise a mushroom-processing plant doing a production run for a
The American-born father of eight was the son-in-law of the leader of the Toldot Avraham Yitzhak hassidic sect, and was related to the leaders of the Satmar hassidim, both of which are ideologically opposed to the State of Israel.
The family had asked Israeli authorities not to drape his casket in the Israeli flag even though his body was flown back to
Despite his opposition to the Jewish state, Teitelbaum married in
"He saw his purpose to be a rabbi in
Teitelbaum frequently traveled abroad as part of his job as a kashrut inspector, often at the behest of his father, the Volover Rebbe, Rabbi Nahum Ephraim Teitelbaum, a veteran kashrut certifier based in
"The bullets found him after prayer, while studying inside the Chabad House synagogue," Poppenheim said. "He died there sanctifying God's name."
"He was targeted only because he was a Jew," said Ephraim Hacohen, 37, who, like many others in the tight-knit community, attended the funeral even though he did not know Teitelbaum personally.
With the funeral procession area closed off to traffic by police, thousands of mourners thronged the main square, alleyways and even rooftops in the haredi neighborhood, while loudspeakers blared with the sounds of weeping.
Wailing mourners recited Psalms, choking on their tears, as eulogies were delivered in Yiddish. Teitelbaum was buried on the
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