CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — A Shliach was the victim of 'Tzfati' terror while in 770, suffering much verbal harassment, and having his Tallis and Tefillin stolen from him.

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Tzfatim Terrorize Shliach in 770, Steal His Tefilin

CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — A Shliach was the victim of ‘Tzfati’ terror while in 770, suffering much verbal harassment, and having his Tallis and Tefillin stolen from him.

The article has been updated

The incident occurred yesterday, Tuesday, downstairs in 770, where a group of ‘Tzfatis,’ who are in Kevutzeh, began harassing the Shliach. The Bochurim were upset over the Shliach’s encroaching on ‘their own’ ‘mushroom’s territory.

The harassment began with them shouting “you are fighting the Rebbe” and “you must do teshuva”, but when words failed the group resorted to stealing his Tallis and Tefillin and refused to return them.

At first, Kvutzeh Hanhalah refused to get involved, but after a warning that the authorities would be called the Tefillin were swiftly returned.

The thief was identified as Levi Reinitz, a Bochur from Emanuel, Israel, who is in his second year of Kvutzeh. He has been involved in a number of incidents in which he terrorized others who don’t follow in his own agenda. Another Kvutzeh member – Mendel Amitai from Hertzelia – shouted him down to distract him from the theft.

Earlier this year the same Amitai beat up a Bochur and broke his glasses – the bochur was helping out the Vaad Talmidei Hatmimim arrange places for Bochurim to stay. The same individual stole a box of Kovtzim on Lag Baomer because they didn’t have ‘Yechi’ on them.

Shalom Cohen, another ‘Tzfati’ who has been in Kvutzeh for over four years, stole the pants of another Bochur in the mikvah who was helping out this Shliach last Tishrei. Cohen also served as a witness and testified against the Shomrim Six in court last year.

The Shliach has a younger brother in Kvutzeh this year, who is the victim of perpetual harassment by these same individuals day in and day out, because of their disapproval of his older brother’s actions.

The Hanhalah of the Yeshiva refused to comment when questioned why these Bochurim are still welcome in yeshiva.

Correction: The Hanholo of Kvutzah, Rabbi Kuti Feldman, did in fact help out and fought to have the Tefillin returned. Rabbi Avrohom Osdoba, who was in 770 when the incident occured, gave permission to call the police if the Tefillin weren’t immediately returned.

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60 Comments

  • CHLEAKS.COM

    These Mishichist mossrim thugs take their marching orders from Menachem Mendel Hendel, who gives the Yeshiva lot’s of money to keep and house them.

    read more about this on CHLEAKS.COM

  • The real issue

    Nothing will change and normal Lubavitchers will not be welcome in 770 until the Gabboim are changed and the terrorists thrown out.
    As much as these Tzfati bochurim are to blame, so is the hanholer and gabboim who aid and abet them.

  • Mishichist and proud

    This is racism, within Lubavitch. Why not title it “Lubavitchers terrorize shliach” or “Jews terrorize shliach”? These people did the wrong thing, but that doesnt mean you have to attribute their actions to the group as a whole. The rest of us (99.99%) believe what we believe and don’t bother anyone else about it. It’s not fair to slander us all as a group.

  • Achdus

    OMG. Hello, people, and Hanhalah of the Yeshivos, do you teach your students what is “derech eretz” is? Some pishers from yeshiva started with a Shliach, a person who works for the Rebbe, to fulfill his ratzon to spread yiddishkeit in a world. What are those bochurim did in their life? Where is a respect. Do they learn such a words in Yeshivah, or they think if they lern Gemorah, Chumash etc. and they are smart?

    PLEASE LETS PUT SUCH A SUBJECT AS DERECH ERETZ IN OUR YESHIVOS. ITS SCARRY

    And what about parents of those bochurim? Any comments from them?

    Chilul Hashem 100 %

  • Throw them out of USA

    And what will be done??? NOTHING. And so the terror continues.

    Whoever takes over from Rabbi Raskin OBM in giving these thugs visas needs to be more careful & screen them first. All the wackos should stay in Tsfas but they don’t want them either.

  • elki

    Sorry, my mind just cannot grasp why these criminals, and I use the word advisedly, are not extratided. Moreover, why are they allowed to stay in kevutzah? There are many emotionally and spiritually scarred boys and girls for being expelled from Crown Heights mosdos for non-criminal acts. I will not elaborate.
    Does anyone run the show over there? To use a cliche, the lunatics are running the asylum.

  • Shliach

    FWI Kvutza is one year. Any Tomim who stays on is stam learning in 770 (hopefully), and definately not be involved in any extra-curricular activities, certainly not the ones you report.
    After reading some other stories in other communities, we must do our utmost to be exemplary Chassidim and give the Rebbe MH”M nachas from all of us as one! Anyone not acting as the Rebbe wishes should be sent home asap. No ands ifs or buts.

  • sholom ber

    you went alittel too much , there are allways a few hitzike boyes , but in this time was a littel exaggerate ,

  • Stop these ridicules articles!!

    CUT THE CRAP!!!!!
    If you feel the need to post this article, leave out the ppls names, its not going to help anyone.
    No its not right what they do but do you really think this is the way to go about it.

    I wont be surprised ch.info if you find this “offensive” and don’t post this comment.

  • please note!!

    NO, I am not a Meshichist, but if you’re having the kavod of the nasi hador in mind, please don’t post such posts. It is Chilul Lubavitch and is not justified!

  • cant stand these meshugoym

    this reinitz bocher was seen in 770 friday night stealing the Rebbe’s weekly sichois and dumping them into a big moddy puddle and steping on them.The crime? they dont write shlita for the Rebbe zya. Who needs to do tshuva?

  • antimesira

    To number 4:

    You are indeed a typical Mishichist Mosser.

    Read over what you wrote, does it make sense?

    You demand that CH.INFO not attribute this act of terror to Mishichistim because “These people did the wrong thing, but that doesnt mean you have to attribute their actions to the group as a whole”, yet you find it ok to blame every Lubavitcher for this terrible act by stating “Why not title it “Lubavitchers terrorize shliach” or “Jews terrorize shliach”?”

    So here we have a mishichist doing what they do best, throwing Lubavitch under the bus.

  • BZ

    this levi reinitz dumped copies of a farbrengen into the gutter on the night of shvi’i shel pesach when it was raining, because it said ZI”A etc.

  • RESPONSE TO # 4

    Response to # 4.

    They are identified as ‘Mishichistim’ (which is of course a misnomer, as they are unfortunately mirachek the geulah).because it is under this banner (literally and figuratively) that they do their actions. It is immaterial if they also happen to be stamp collectors, hunchbacks, episcopaleans or orators.

  • Ice Cream Man

    Keep posting these informative articles!

    We need to know whats going on in 770!

  • POST THEIR NAMES!

    Absolutely post their names. We need to know who to stay away from so that our noses, arms and feet remains whole. The lunatics could kill someone with no remorse.
    It’s high time the true meshichistim take back 770 from the lunatics. They make us look bad. Now everyone equates a meshichist with a tzfati lunatic. This is not the case. They are in their own camp lead by Mendel Hendel. They have nothing to with Lubavitch or Moshiach!

  • throw the tzvati down the wel!!!

    Throw all the tzvatim out !!!!! they are messing ch one incident at a time!

  • Ridiculous and Bothered

    So wrong of ch.info to say names- this is PURE lashon horah and doesn’t get us anywhere.
    Also VERY WRONG to label ‘meshichistim; like that. There are crazy extremists in every thing one way or another and it’s NOT fair to generalize. This bochur obviously has an issue. What about the shliach?? This article is anti-meshichist- A news website should be NEUTRAL and state all the facts. How about all those times when ANTI’s pull off YECHI yarmulkas from people, rip articles and yell at ‘meshichistim’? You NEVER these those incidents posted. This is ridiculous and in my opinion non of this stuff should be posted.

  • disappointed

    nA few bad apples should not destroy what is mostly reasonable honest people who follow & read all the Rebbe’s sichos etc. The fault lies with the Hanhala & the Gaboyim They should join together & throw these animals out & assur them from returning. Crown Heights etc.Failure to do so will only lead to more trouble & shameful incidents Hatred from those on the left only encourages them& makes the situation worse.I everyone joined together to get rid of these individuals then I guarantee you will see a big change.

  • anti- the madness in 770 .

    to # 4. If you can think of a better way to stop these MAD MEN from destroying everything the rebbe worked for, then do something. Otherwise, everyone in Lubavitch – no – any Jew who steps foot in 770 – needs to know who is vicious and likely to attack. These guys are like PIT BULLS who should not be out in public!

  • Don-t Believe Half Stories

    Why do you post this, why don’t you let the Rabonim take care of it?

    Did the Shliach go to Bais Din or does he not respect them?

    Or maybe this is just a distorted side of the whole story?

  • 770

    The shliach went bees din the rov said if they don’t returne right away he can and should go to the police

  • POST PICTURES

    Post pictures of these dangerous young men!! If there’s any hope that they will stop terrorizing our brothers it’s through putting up pictures of them for everyone to see!!!

  • TO 24

    Rotten fruit will always rot other fruit the only way to keep the rest of the fruit from rotting is keeping them separate.

  • Exposed!

    These hooligans thrive off the anonymity, off all those misguided people who think this is some form of Lashon Hara – which it isn’t.

    This is much necessary publicity that they all deserve.

    The fact that each of these individuals have been engaged in past terrorist acts tells us what kind of people they are, and the fact that they are still welcome in the annals of Kuvtzeh tells us that their actions are supported by them.

  • Here come the excuses

    To 27:

    What Bais Din, who are you kidding?

    Since when has a Mishichist gone to Beis Din?

    Have you already forgotten what happened with the Shomrim Six case?

    You are probably another mishicihst trying to make the Shliach who was attacked the aggressor.

    You are typically trying to excuse and justify the mishichistim MOSSRIM.

  • Nachman Sanowicz

    Something does not add up
    I am a regulair in 770 and see many non yechi saying people
    and some even against saying yechi and I have not seen them being harassed. I wonder if the person you call shliach is really a shliach or a troublemaker !!!
    Since you did not name the individual I don’t know which so called Shliach you are talking about but the story does not add up.

  • facts

    My dear Nachman, you are probably among those who believe that the Shomrim Six belong in jail for 15 years, right?

    So since the facts dont matter to you I will waste my ‘breath’ for anyone that is reading this, and maybe Chas Vshalom is swayed by your twisted logic.

    This Shliach is the only legitiamte Shliach to his entire region. When the mushroom poped up he immediately called him to a Din Torah before the Vaad, this mushroom responded by saying that he does not recognize their authority and wanted to go before a Zablo.

    So the legitimate Shliach selected his two Dayonim while the mushroom never responded, after months of yo-yoing the mushroom was placed in *Siruv* for ignoring a Hazmono Ledin.

    So you tell me, who’s the trouble maker?

  • 40 yr in the hood

    if lappes doesnt get of them , it going to get worse ..the buk stopes by lappakovsky

    he is responsable

  • josh

    he went to braun. He sent him to schwei. Who sent him to Osdaba. Who sent him to Marlow M”hM.

  • Shocked

    The Hanhala should EXPEL this bochur. He is not fitting to be in 770

    Pictures should be posted of all involved – at the very least as a deterrent.

    Gevald! Stepping on the Rebbe’s sichos?!!!

    p.s The real loshon Hora here is that of besmirching the Rebbe and Chabad. When other Yidden hear this, what do you think they are thinking and saying?

    p.p.s The Gaboim do absolutely nothing and should be replaced.Remember this in the next elections!

  • Milhouse

    I can’t respect someone who tries to stop another yid from spreading Torah, whether by din torah or by any other means. Torah is not private property, and nor is the Rebbe.

    But there’s a wide distance between such petty-minded territoriality and violence! The proper approach to such a shliach is to talk to him, to farbreng with him and encourage him to contemplate the inyan of bitochon, and the pitfalls of kin’ah. It is *not* to harrass him and steal his possessions! Whatever this shliach’s faults, the gazlan is a gazlan, and that’s a whole lot worse.

    The hanholoh must immediately expel this boy from the yeshivah and send him back to Israel, unless he persuades his victim to forgive him. And they must do the same to all the other violent members of the kvutzah, and they *do* know who they are. Their continued failure to do so makes them accomplices in the violence. They cannot say “yodeinu lo shofchu es hadom hazeh”, when they know they are bringing wild animals into 770 and don’t care.

  • Nachman Sanowicz

    To #34 please have the courage to write your name.
    Stop assuming. I am sure you are well aware what the accronym for assume is.
    You did not address my argument but you did babble about shomrim 6. Harav Moshe Bogomilsky is good enough Posek for me wheether Mesira is allowd against Shomrim 6 or against Shochat. Stop being cute. Use your precious resourses in organizing Shiurim in Torah with your friends.

  • Publisize their pics

    Please post pictures so I can be aware of who they are. I will make sure to stay away and keep my sons away from these thugs.

  • JD

    just get him a psychiatric diagnosis, because it may be his warped yiddishkeit, but its psychopathic.

  • NOT MISHICHIST

    I agree with #4 the way this article is written is out right stereotypical and brings out one of Chabad’s biggest illnesses. We are racist generalizers. That why kidz are frying out and why many shluchim Merchek people when they talk. Chabad has to admit CHUH-TUHNU. I’m not a Tzfati or close, but I know that most of them disagree with what was done. When “Antis” steal flangs and litrature that belong to Tzfatim most people would disagree. Why don’t you hear these stories? They sure happen and even more frequently than “Tzfati terror” You don’t hear these stories because of another Lubacitch illness call “We are Tzadikim”. Wake up Crown Heights we furm people in CH can bigger reshuyim then most communities around the world!!! and in fact from seeing many nice communities around the globe I believe this is one of the most rotten communities. Of course there are many individual good people which I hope the rest will learn from QUICK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Enough Already

    If my son conducted himself in such a way in mesivta, he would be expelled. These are not high school kids. Does the kvutza have a code of conduct that the bochurim must adhere to? Both my wife and I as well as my son had to sign an agreement to adhere to the rules and regulations of high school. They should enforce similar policies for the kvutza.

    I don’t care if a moshichist or anti or whatever.Why is this kind of conduct tolerated by the hanhola?

  • #4

    First of all, thank you CH.info for listening to my comment. Originally this article was titled “Mishichistim terrorize” and they changed it to “Tzfatim”….now that isn’t necessarily much better but at least it’s not dragging ALL of us down in the mud.
    To #16 – you missed the sarcasm in my voice. When I said “Why not call it Lubavitchers or Jews terrorize”, my point was that of course they would never do such a thing, since it would be an unfair chillul Hashem/chillul Lubavitch when there were only a few offenders. Hence, Mishichistim should be treated with the same respect.
    If a non-Jewish newspaper were to attribute the illegal or immoral actions of one Jew to all Jews in the title, you would be appalled.

  • A teacher & a Mashpiah

    We asked mishechistim and non- mishechistim about this story. Most of them do not believe it. All kinds of answers, maybe the bachurim
    started it, maybe the shliach started it. We will never get to the
    bottom of this. No one wants to hear and believe anything anymore,
    they already have their minds made up. Is there anyone who can shed
    some light on this terrible situation going on in Lubavitch. Please step up and help if you can!! Ain Ldavar sof. The teachers, mashpiim. Rabbonim, no one is getting anywhere with this. We want
    Moshiach now!!!

  • SKVER COPYCAT BREWING?

    What’s it going to take to put an end to this
    violent madness?! At the rate this keeps happening,
    I’m afraid we may see something as serious as
    the attempted arson murder in Skver,CH”V!

  • DROP MESCHISIM RIGHT NOW

    Stop defending Terror

    Meshichist are a real terror organization
    and i cant wait that they gonna start with someone who dont care about going to moser them and lock them in jail for a while

    they are lying all the time all the philosoph its based on lie
    their Rabbonim naming vishlansky from tzfas, ofer maidovnik and all the others are raising generation of liars and violence
    STOP FOR A SECOND AND THINK ABOUT IT
    is that the rebbe wants that we should kill each other abi screaming Yechi !!!!!???? and hangng yellow flag!!!!????
    thats what the rebbe meant when the Rebbe said ASU KOL ASHER BICHOLTECHIM

    manny time the Rebbe and the Fridiker Rebbe spooked about Seider
    (its printed in many place and many storys related)
    CHABAD MONT PNIMUS AND PNIMUS MONT SEIDER

    the Rebbe establish the best system ever for Shlichus and this guys just want to kill the system
    the rebbe worked so hard day and night with so much effort that the name of chabad should not go through the mod and this meshchist or PUTTING THE HEAD OF THE KING IN THE DREK (LIKE THE TANYA EXPLAINS IT)

    the only thing they looking for its Koved Mendy Hendel and his entourage have one goal its to hijack Chabad and take over the Kover

    so even if you believe the Rebbe his a live and his the Moshiach
    reconsider to associate you self with this terror group
    many Rabbonim and Mashpim cut all their affiliation to the Mesianic believe just because of this violent and vandalism and terrorist group

    Ruven Matsof the 1st meschist stop following theire system bcs of their radicalization and their SINNO to other Jews

    Crown hightser: OPEN YOU EYES
    Shluchim around the world are suffering days and night form the Yellow flag group
    STOP inviting this ppl to you home DONT GIVE THEM A DOLLAR, if at lees you dont support Shluchim dont give munition to their enemy
    dont think that you just say Yechi and dont hurt any one
    you are giving them Chayus to this villder Chayos
    you are probably very pacifist but they are using you help them promoting their action

    even if the Raddical Meschist are very small group its big enough to not part of them

    we need to clean up the moshiach system then we will be able to be part of it

  • Its time to cut all ties with Meshichist

    there is not such a thing as moderate meshichis
    all this very nice guys meshichis most of them are very simple ppl that dont get whats going on and getting use by the system

    its not about moshiiach and the rebbe its out of mine today they have their real guerilla

    I agree with number 49

  • Drizin STOP SUPPORTING Terrorist

    Drzin

    stop supportin terrorist
    you spending million evrey year to help them build munition against Chabad

    we get it that you hate Krinsky and shemtov bcs of you grand father kishkes

    but tachlish we “all the anash ans shluchim” didnt do anything worg to you

    the free hats and jackets you giving its only for meshchis if you are not one of theirs you dont get it

    the food for tishrei are only for the meshichiis

    and dont bring an other 600 meshchist for tishrei we dont need them here keep them out of lubavitch

  • To # 49

    No big deal. You people are making a mountain out of a mole hill.
    It’s great in C.H. Most of this is because you don’t want to live
    in peace, you don’t know how to live in peace. I find it very easy
    living here. Enjoy, enjoy, Shabbos is here for me and coming for
    for you.

  • To #49 #50

    What does shluchim & shlichus have to do with this? They aren’t
    an issue here. Chabadnik, Lubavitch, of course thats what these people are, both sides are just exactly that. You guys are so mixed
    up, you haven’t got a clue. Maybe you should blame the Tefillin.
    Yeah, it seems like it was the Tefillin’s fault. Throw out the
    Tefillin & there is no problem. If they stayed home they would not have been stolen. If you could learn nigleh & chassidus properly
    you would have known that the real problem is the Tefillin. Good
    night children, sleep tight.

  • Victim who is not intimidated

    to: 42. NOT MISHICHIST: The reason this neighborhood is so rotten (your words) is because now the Hendel gang is in full control, they own the Beth Din, they terrorize the Gaboyim and the Hanholo will let him control 749 (in every sense of the word) and all the gangs in 770, because anyone in his right mind won’t stand up to them.

    To 47. A teacher & a Mashpiah: The reason the Tefillin were returned was only because of the threat of giving over the video of the theft to the Police, otherwise the Shliach would have to buy new Tefillin. I don’t care if the Shliach is 1000% wrong, nobody made the Tzfatim bosses of Lubavitch, and even if they were, they have no right to steal Tefillin.

    All Hendel needs to say is, guys, this guy is in my way, take care of him….. and the rest is history (or you are history), and i’m in the know, because they did it to me and they still continue vandalizing my property, and when they will get arrested you will all be there to defend them…. but video and pictures don’t lie.

  • In the know

    To: 52. Drizin STOP SUPPORTING Terrorist wrote:
    “Drzin

    ”stop supportin terrorist
    you spending million evrey year to help them build munition against Chabad

    “we get it that you hate Krinsky and shemtov bcs of you grand father kishkes”

    Let me fill you in: Drizin hates the Rebbe because the Rebbe once insulted (in his eyes) his father and he swore that he will never have a full beard because of that and he will never dress like a Chossid (Chosheed), since then he uses every opportunity to take revenge of the Rebbe by supporting the destroyers of the Rebbe’s Moisdois. That’s the sad fact.

    I remember when Krinsky took Drizin to the Rebbe to ask for his daughter (Schneyerson) to have children (many years after her marriage), he did it twice (that I saw), once by the Machne Israel Development fund meeting upstairs in 770 (5748), and the second time on Simchas Torah in the morning during Hakofos, that’s why Drizin hates Krinsky because he needed his services to help him get a Bracha from the Rebbe of whom he is now taking revenge.

    That’s the sad story of miserable Drizin who never learned Derech Mitzvosecha because it was published by a Kopuster Chossid Bichovsky (or Beechovshki as Drizin would pronounce his name), he was the holier than thou Chosheed!

  • Clean 770

    At the end of the day, like many people who do very well financially, SB Drizin is just not a conformist. He also does have a legitimate gripe against those of the good name that goes back over 50 years when he nearly rearranged Berel’s anatomy.

    Neither Aguch nor the hooligans are right for 770. Krinsky has little to do or say for Chassidim in CH; he’s a PR guy who is just fine for the outside but he is irrelevant to the more Chassidish crowd.

    A grass roots group of responsible Anash need to take it back. Maybe someone can speak to Drizin and get him to back that instead of his hooligans.

  • stop to support moshihistim!

    in these page we have link on 2006! 5 years and what change? nothing! it completely others tzfatim, but same situation. why
    on my russian criminal mind only one theory work, and not y it from aretz.
    KGB really afraid for strong chabad in russia, and strong jewish community, that designed moshihizm to chabad discreditation. it’s only one reason, thats so many jews do this avoda zora- it money. people that want to stop it it simple ! if DREZIN don’t give money(rusian money) for 1-2 month it will stopped bu itself!
    and also people that wait that goboim and beis dean stop this. dont be so childish! yuo ask this people stop they own salary !lol
    it only way become jewish
    dont give even penny in 770, even to shnorers, come to yours own pushka , and when it fool give money to yours local shul, to other institution, but not to moshoshist, not for eshives, not for 1414.stop give a money now! it so many jewish adress that need you money, give it by youself to people that give food to needed, give it to normal jew. let KGB to finance moshihizm alone
    p.s some bohurim said that names in article taken bu mistake, it was another bohur, with same family name, but anothe. check this please