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Rabbi Piekarski in Morristown Yeshiva – not Permanent

MORRISTOWN, NJ [CHI] — Since the beginning of the new school year a flurry of rumors have been spreading about the recent appearance of Rabbi Ephraim Piekarski in the Zal of the Morristown Yeshiva these past few weeks.

Tomorrow: Tzivos Hashem Web Rally, Lauching a New Year!

The second year of Chayolei Tzivos Hashem is being launched during a worldwide children’s rally tomorrow. With close to fifty schools already part of this fast growing program, it affects thousands of children throughout the world.

Struck Boy is Family’s Second Tragedy

NY Daily News

A heartbroken Brooklyn family on Sunday buried a 9-year-old son struck and killed by a car – just five years after the boy’s younger brother tragically drowned.

The sobbing father of Joshua Ganzfried escorted the small wooden coffin from Congregation Kehilas Yakov Pupa as about 500 Hasidic Jews packed the Williamsburg street.

Shlomo Ganzfried, 38, lost a 2-year-old son, Amron, on June 26, 2004.

The tot drowned in a pond in Westchester County after wandering away from a service his parents were attending at a synagogue.

Boy Killed in Accident on Way to Shul Shabbos Morning

WILLIAMSBURG — A car struck and killed a 9-year-old boy in Williamsburg Saturday morning, police say. According to authorities, the 54-year-old driver of a Honda Accord was making a turn onto Wallabout Street at around 8 a.m. when she plowed into the child. Police say it appears the 9-year-old may have run into traffic. He was taken to Brooklyn Hospital, where he later died.