The Sanzer Rebbe exits his vehicle at the entrance to the penitentiary.

The Sanzer Rebbe is in the midst of a two-week visit to the United States. On Tuesday, he visited with Sholom Rubashkin in prison, along with other Jewish prisoners in the facility. He was there for four hours.

Sanzer Rebbe Visits Sholom Rubashkin in Prison

The Sanzer Rebbe exits his vehicle at the entrance to the penitentiary.

The Sanzer Rebbe is in the midst of a two-week visit to the United States. On Tuesday, he visited with Sholom Rubashkin in prison, along with other Jewish prisoners in the facility. He was there for four hours.

Prison officials approved the request for the visit, permitting five people to enter with the rebbe, but cameras and recording equipment were prohibited. The rebbe davened mincha in the prison, relying upon six Jewish prisoners to complete the minyan.

Following mincha the rebbe sat with Sholom Rubashkin, seeking to give him chizuk. The meeting lasted over 30 minutes. According to a Chadrei chareidim report, the rebbe also met with 20 chareidi prisoners. The prisoners took part in a ‘l’chaim tisch,’ and they were very uplifted by the visit.

17 Comments

  • chaim36

    I hope the rebee spoke about ‘ tsedek , tserek tirdof’.This would be a good lesson for ALL of us. If he could get them to show remorse and regret that would be a real kidush hashem.

  • emeti

    beautiful. One more mitzva. Yashar koach to him and I’m sure that IY”H it was a chizuk to SMR

  • Nachman Bar

    What a big help and lift it was for Rubashkin to be with the Sanzer Rebbe. I hope the Sanzer Rebbe can put in a good word to a government agency head before he leaves back to the Holy Land of ISRAEL.

  • wrong rebbe

    You posted a picture of the US based Rebbe, but the one who visited was the Israeli Rebbe

  • Milhouse

    #1, Sholom has nothing to learn from you about tzedek or anything else. He is a far better person than you (or me) and those who condemn him will have a difficult job defending themselves before the Kisei Hakovod.

  • moshe

    According to a report on an israeli hebrew site he visited many of his chasidim there caught up with the duek saga!

  • Praying for Shaolom

    Ad Mosai!
    May we see the Machashefas Mapolo.
    May Hashem get Sholom OUT OF THE GEHENIM NOW!!!!!!!!!!

  • To #7

    What a Jew lover you are, I agree, enough that Rubashkin sat in jail, now its your turn.

    Shame on you.

  • chaim36

    Re – #5. You missed the point completely.Otisville is paacked with frum people because they did NOT heed the pasuk of Tsedek…etc. Do NOT defend those who have created the biggest chilul hashem in history.It’s not too late for them to show remorse instead of condoning their illegal acts.

  • Yitzchak Mordechai

    That sanz Rebbe is from Boro Park the 1 that should be posted is from Netanya

  • New York State LOCKED UP

    Wow! Nice I was locked up in New York State with a lot of other Jewish Prisoners. WE LOVE RABBI VISITS!!! BRING SWEETS AND TEFILIN!!! Sit in on our hearings too!!!

  • To #7

    BS’’D
    We must stand by Reb Sholom until the DAY HE IS FREED. We must continue to know about his situation, to write to him, to love him, and to give him at least SOMETHING from what we experience out here in the “free world.”
    It is a shame to say such a terrible thing, for none of us are or were as I hope, in his place.