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Video: Father Beats His Daughter at the Kotel

Surveillance cameras at the Kotel captured a fathers brutal attack on his own daughter. The video, which is painful and difficult to watch, show the father strike his daughter knocking her to the ground where he continued hitting her.

The attack was interrupted by bystanders who shoved the father away and held him until Kotel Police arrived and arrested him.

The man was not identified, but is from France and appears to be Hassidic. Internet blog commentary claims the man is a Lubavitcher but that was not confirmed.

Israel’s channel two news said that the man was deported and the file was transferred to Interpol and the French authorities.

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169 Comments

  • Me

    Why didn’t those guys that helped her throw him down and beat him like he did to his poor daughter? Imagine, if this is what he does in public, what the girls goes through at home? Sad!!!

  • !!!

    these israeli kids need to learn respect the chutspah that the kid had she deserved that beating and much more i think the slaping a kid is a must and the parents a teachers should implement it in the rules of the schools and houses!!!

  • Declasse Intellectual

    Of all places for this to occur–is he taking a page out of the book of those who hate us and mistreat their own women and children in the name of righeouness? Is this not the answer to why we are still where we are in spite of what the Rebbe pleaded for during the last period of his leadership.

  • omg that is HORRIBLE

    i wonder what happened to her before he was caught all her years growing up! poor girl.. so sad to see this

  • CALM DOWN

    ITS JUST A SIMPLE PATCH CALM DOWN DIDN’T YOUR PARENTS GIVE YOU A PATCH IN PUBLIC SO ITS AT THE KOSEL I GOT ONE AT SIX FLAGS MAGIC MOUNTAIN IN CALIFORNIA

  • donny

    why would you guy put this up u guys are so obsessed with violence im not visiting this site anymore.

  • Nebach!

    OMG what an animal!!! No excuse for acting that way, such a nebach for his daughter and family, hope the fam does what needs to be done and he gets counseling and learns to deal with his anger issues ASAP , and maybe some counseling for the poor family that grew up with such a man in their lives :( nebach nebach hashem yishmor.

  • yisreal

    a slap in the face is terrible humiliating abuse, and there was much more then just a slap, he needs therapy god knows what else he did to # 4 when something like this happens to you , relax and just came down horrible to # 4

  • RAbbi

    PLease take this down. Kids and teenagers look at this website as well as adults. thank you for you consideration.

    • Aliza

      No, Rabbi. When people in our community behave badly, we can’t shy away from it. We have to own up to it, and address it. This behavior is abhorrent and we as a community must condemn it.

      We must also condemn it because non-Jews have seen this and they need to know that this behavior is not tolerated within the Jewish community.

  • HORRIFIED

    #4 YIKES IF YOU THINK THATS JUST A PATCH..WHAT DO YOU DO TO YOUR KIDS?!!!

    THAT WAS NOT JUST A PATCH!!! AND IN PUBLIC??!!!!

  • wait a min.

    i would like to ask this esteemed website what does it gain by publishing this? its a chillul Hashem for sure but my question is what are you trying to say. this only gives anti semites more ammo and anti dattim more cuase not to become frum.
    in essence this is an isolated incident and should be handled so it wont cause a chillul Hashem or anti dati sentiment. that father has major issues and should be censured but just to broadcast it like this will not cause anyone to learn from it . it will only bring more negativity.

  • To 5

    my father gave me a patch, he never pushed me into stone steps, he never hit me while i was down, he never helped me up and then knocked me down again.
    This guy should have his kids taken away and do time in jail, let’s see him taking some abuse

  • WTH

    #4 ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR FREAKING MIND? SIMPLE PATCH???

    A simple patch would be one slap or maybe one or 2 on the tush but as u can clearly see he repeatedly swings for her face and I might be wrong but at a point there it looks like he took of what appears to be a belt or gartel to whip her with! :(

    I’m not against patching for chinuch, that however looks like a brutal beating out of animal rage.

  • buby

    i used to think its ok to hit b/c thats the way i grew up in the shtetal then i realized i hit my kid i kid hits the younger sibling we need to have other ways of teaching our kids to behave

  • knower

    to # 13

    its about time guys like this is exposed and people know what they do.

    in the non frum world ok….. (yeah it took a non frum person to stop it,, mind you)

    but in the frum world in chabad world we know kids are a gift to us from hashem,, yes i agree how dare he do that how dare he raise his hands and think he can hit another jew

    shame on him and shame on you for hiding the truth

    these guys should be exposed such as child molesters etc all of em

    they have no right to hurt any child physically emotionally sexually or any other way

    thank you C.H. Info for putting this up

  • shlomo

    oh vey,it look terrible, but she even not cry?it like special acting in front a camera? something not clear?

  • Leib

    YOU KNOW I DON’T SEE THE OUTRAGE HERE ON THIS SITE AS I DID ON OTHER SITES. THIS MAN – FATHER IS MENTALLY DERANGED AND THE PITY FOR THIS POOR GIRL IS BEYOND IMAGINATION. I LOOKED AT IT ONCE AND I WAS BARELY ABLE TO GO THRU TO THE END.

    THE ONLY reason I would say to take this down is because it is a very disturbing video. It is truly a horror video, my heart can’t take it.

  • chaim

    i am in shock!! firstly about what i saw on the video and secondly about what some of the comments were. How can anyone say this is just a slap and kids need this??? this was no slap!IT WAS A BEATING!! and although i don’t agree with any type of hitting for my own kids i understand some who say a slap is ok, sometimes and never in anger but for discipline.
    it also hurts that people want this taken down, without awareness we are ignorant and ignorance is not bliss when seeking truth.

  • Horrified!

    I am absolutely horrified! These kids must be taken away from him and the father need serious help or a good beating of his own.

  • Me Myself & I

    to 10:

    Your no Rabbi, your a woman, a mom in a home who tries so hard to keep your kids away from this stuff, good on you, how ever i completly disagree. Your kids and all kids should see this, they will learn that abuse even from a parent is wrong and this will help become aware this type of abuse is not accepted and to report it to the police if need be.

  • mad world

    notice!!! there is a women that he speaks to before he beats his daughter. (i assume its the mother) she turns away and never looks at whats happening, then follows her husband after the other guy stops the beating.

  • mad world

    notice!!! there is a women that he speaks to before he beats his daughter. (i assume its the mother) she turns away and never looks at whats happening, then follows her husband after the other guy stops the beating.

  • Thank You.

    Thank you for posting this video. Its something this community needs to see and learn from and stop hiding behind the chilu hashem word. This is unacceptable. If anybody recognizes this piece of garbage please let us know who he is so we can teach him a lesson.

  • outraged at the incident & some reaction

    first to the people who didn’t think it was a big deal. IT WAS A BIG DEAL! (I was just sorry no one stopped it earlier) and if you don’t think so then you need serious help.
    for those who who want to know why this was published here and shouldn’t be.
    well let me tell you its about time this type of thing was made public.

    so long as its covered up not to “make a chillel Hashem” it will continue to happen.

    we have to make it unacceptable.

    the chillel Hashem is that it is happening and people like you want to cover it up.
    and yes kids should see this. to show them there is unacceptable behavior and if something like that is happening to them, to know that it is NOT NORMAL!

  • To #2

    To Number #2

    You are a sick person, should I beat you if you insulted me, even if she maybe said something that was a little bit chutzpahdick he has no right to go kill his daughter

    Your truly sick.

  • father of five

    I agree that this is disturbing. But to take it down is to ignore a reality of abuse. Abuse of any level is wrong, but this should serve as a lesson to parents who don’t control themselves and strike out in anger, that they could be named and shamed. I know if I had been there, I would have got involved and obviously the father got away with it this time.

    Hitting or patching in anger/hate is not a way to bring up a child. I am for patching, but this is not a patch, it’s abuse.

    We need to face the reality of this and maybe it will make the father seek therapy, the mother to acknowledge she also needs therapy and for the daughter to be treated differently in response to something she may have done wrong.

  • Andrea Schonberger

    This father obviously has no sense of shame whatsoever and the entire family needs help ASAP. Some people don’t deserve to have children. What must the poor mother be going through.

  • Nora

    Thank you for posting this, as hard as it was to watch. My first reaction was that it should not be posted, but then I realized that we can’t pretend that child and spousal abuse doesn’t happen even in the best of communities or among those who are outwardly frum. It took so long for the issue of pedophilia to come out of the closet and be addressed. Other forms of child abuse and spousal abuse must also come out of the closet, because they are just as harmful, and sometimes even more so. Children and adults need to know that people care and need to know where they can turn to for help. And, if you are a rabbi, teacher, neighbor, etc. and you learn of or suspect child abuse you need to know what steps to take to protect the child and who to report it to.

    This obviously was not the first time this man behaved this way. The girl was not hysterical probably because she is numb from years of abuse. If someone had reported this monster earlier, she would not have had to come this close to almost being killed.

    I wish this man was jailed rather than deported. He almost killed her throwing her down on the hard stone and her head barely missed the sharp stone corner the last time he threw her down. She might be dead or permanently brain injured if the passerbys did not step in. Kudos to the man in the white T-Shirt who stepped in. He should get a medal.

  • normal

    you-tube requires adult verification to view this horrifying video. Jail will protect society from this rodef.

  • be careful before its too late

    some pple dont realize but a hard beating-even when youre so outraged can lead to something life threatening,and then you cant turn back the clock.its something that you will regret forever-its like the shaking baby syndrom
    at the time youre just so mad you cant seem to control yourself and then you cry about hurting your child for the rest of your life
    if you have so much anger in you,go get therapy-dont abuse a child because of your faults
    hashem should protect all of his children

  • reb yid

    Ok, maybe a patch will get the kid to behave, slapping and shoving her will do nothing except make her hate your guts. what a animal, he should get a few days in prison to sort him out.

  • A bit surprised, frankly

    Here’s the deal: parents who use their hands to discipline children lack the ability to do so otherwise. It’s the same for verbal abuse. Parents need to be educated in raising children & handling issues that come up, otherwise these patterns of abuse will continue. There is NEVER a rationale for hitting a child out of anger.

  • Mendy Hecht

    Okay, either he’s nuts and a violent abuser who needs a good physical lesson taught that he otherwise would never learn…

    or he can’t control his feelings that his daughter who he loves (despite possibly also being a nut job) is standing there dressed in what to him is a provocative manner–especially if she said something that really got him mad (and you can’t hear what may have set him off in the video, but I suspect she pushed his buttons)…

    or both.

    I’m not defending him. I’m just explaining what seems to be the case here.

    I’m glad the crowd intervened, though.

  • crazy

    and the they complain why there kids fry out!!!!!!!!!! i would push the dog down the stares and help his daughter beat him up and brake his bones. to #2 you sound so smart and have alot of experience………..NOT!!! how many kids do have which are fry……lol…..your such a fool!!!!!!!!!!

  • proud israeli

    to #2: it clearly states that this family is French. not ISRAELI.it appears to be that you dilike israelis in accordance to your comment. chodesh elul-DO TESHUVAH for slandering our holy land’s children who grow up to be the fighters of our nation.

  • Ruth

    There is nothing that a child can do that would ever justify this. Anyone who is trying to justify this may also be an abuser himself. And please, stop calling a hit or a slap a “potch” to make it sound harmless and heimish.

    I hope that the French authorities take the children away from these parents, get them proper homes and lots of good counseling. (Mom might be abused too, but she obviously is not capable of protecting her children.)

  • MENTAL

    whoever thinks its normal needs help andso doesn the man i dont know why no one help on the first hit

  • Just Sayin

    Not only do the mother and other kids turn away, it takes some non-frum bystanders to put an end to it. For that alone, this video should be stay online. We hold ourselves to a higher standard, and unzere STILL want to turn away?

  • Oy

    To No. 19: If she really is not crying, its probably because he has done this before and she has learned to hold in her tears, at least until she is out of sight of this mad man.

  • ah yid

    the whole fam is messed up, if I am not wrong the mom and the bro (?? ) were standing giving their back to the father while he went on beating his daughter…sad :-( Who knows what happened at home all these years!

  • CRAx

    WHAT HAS THIS WORLD COME TO??????????????????????
    CRUEL CRUEL PPL! BH I AM HAPPY I WAS RAISED IN A NORMAL FAMILY WITHOUT ABUSE

  • LOCK THE ANIMAL UP!!

    i hope they throw him straight into jail.animal!! this is what he does in public??!! imagine what he does in private. poor kids. LOCK THE ANIMAL UP!!! . no matter what the child has done to “misbehave” , there is NO excuse for physical violence!!

  • anonymous

    this is really rediculous and so sad! but it was nice to see atleast one concerned guy step up for her! everyone else just kept walking by! Thank G-D for that guy in the white tee shirt who helped defend her!

  • st

    Poor poor child. G-d give her the courage to deal with this and be strong. He should never be allowed near her. Glad it was caught on tape, and he was exposed.

  • hashem yerachem

    this is not a new episode in this childs’ life. the reactions of all the children and the mother? older sister? indicate with clarity that this man has beaten at least this child before. First the older female takes the position. she stands in front of him attempting to stop what she clearly knows is coming. when she can do nothing she turns away from the scene. as do the other children. they know what is coming and are powerless to stop it. the response of the child who was beaten is stoic, she begins to fix her hair, putting “herself” in order, saving the vestiges of dignity she must salvage to survive this as it isn’t over when our video ends. if the man is not imprisoned and he won’t be because the older female will not press charges, he will beat this child again and again!! I suspect she is the only child beaten in this particular family based on their posturing and the posiyions they take.
    who will protect her?

  • To Mendy Hecht

    You say you are not defending him, but you assume the daughter did something wrong to explain this or “push his buttons”. The only explanation rests with the father (and possibly the way he was brought up or taught). Although you say you are not blaming the daughter, you do. That is not fair to her. Even if she did sass him, that is part of being an adolescent. Even if she went to McDonalds on Yom Kippur, that does not justify the father’s conduct.

  • azimov rules

    in france there are no divorces and no sholom bayis issues

    that is what the shliach says

  • the original # 5

    ok so he pushed her to the floor BIG FREEKING DEAL who cares and to number 13 i agree 100%

  • In utter disbelief!!!!!

    Worse than the video, are some of the comments….ANYONE that could even remotely consider this a “potch” is out of their minds…the animal is lucky I wasn’t there…I woulda pushed him right back down those steps that he came up from….what a sick low life individual…There is absolutely NOTHING in the world that the child could have possibly done to deserve such abuse…ABUSE!!!!! yes thats what it is and nothing less & anyone that doesn’t see what is so wrong with this doesn’t deserve to have or be near children…what kind of coward loser continues beating HIS OWN CHILD when she is down…I shudder to think what the poor family goes thru at home, if this is how he behaves in public…he should be locked up and not be allowed near children.
    POTCH!!! are u kidding me?!?!? This is how the Nazi’s treated the Jews, this man needs some seriouse help, which I doubt would even help him…. My heart literally stopped beating when I was watching….& the poor mother, prob minds her P’s & Q’s so that she doesn’t become the brunt of his insane anger!!!!!
    Sorry but there is NO excuse in the world to make this right!!!

  • Beryl Smile Teitelbaum

    The reason I sent this to Crownheights.info, (and I’m pleasantly surprised that they posted it)is for two reasons: 1- So people know this is not acceptable, and Chabad doesn’t hide these people from the public. 2- That I can find out this person’s name! Whoever has information on this person

  • moshiach, what r u waiting for?

    for all u people that can look at this and think for one second, a child could ever be disrespectful enough to deserve that, please dont ever have kids. im so hurt watching this and then reading that some of you think its ok..i used to look at the world and wonder how people could be the way they were and now i see that even jews that have the torah’s guidelines and G-d’s blessing, are just as insane.

  • WTH

    DIDNT ANYONE ELSE NOTICE HERE HE IS HITTING HER WITH HIS BELT!!!!!!! This was not a patch he took off his belt and hit her with the buckle. And she just took becasue she probablybhas faced that buckle a million times.

  • Psachya

    Obviously the mother tells the father something about the girl and that he should discipline her, which he then goes and does in an abusive way (r”l we could only imagine what goes on at home). She knowing what is to come turns her back to the scene and covers for her crazy husband. It is one thing for a wife of an abusive father not to have the guts to protect her children, it is another to participate. She needs to held responsible just as much. Disgusting!

  • battered

    He did not slap her.. He back handed her, shoved, punched… look closely. Parents slapping their young child might be helpful but not a slap out of anger or a slap to inflict pain… Also this girl is not a child she a teenager.. you never strike a teenager and moreso a girl.

    This guy should be put in prison and the way his daughter takes it, it seams she’s somewhat accustomed to it.. imagine.. I hope she presses charges to the fullest. And what looks like the mothers standing there with her back to the incident is sick.

  • CS

    how utterly sad, pathetic. My heart ached for the girl, I wanted to hug her so badly. I hope she is not allowed back with that father, she should never see him again. He probably beats the mother too. HaShem Yerachem, these are our yidden……
    help!

  • cres

    #57….thats WHY it was criminal…because he probably didn’t mean to hit her and he DID. Which means
    HE LOST CONTROL.
    get it? Now you have a clinical display of lack of parental self control.

  • Chaim Albors

    There is nothing a child can do that warrants such a beating. To all you that think the kid deserved it, may Hashem watch & protect your wives and children. As for the menuval that hit the kid, what goes around comes around.

  • Gezha Man

    These french sefardim are the biggest machla that ever happened to lubavitch. To hell with them all. May the french muslims teach you a lesson!!

  • ouch!

    i love the way our Israeli brothers stepped in and shoved the guy away. that is the best!thumbs up for the guy who intervened

  • JJ

    To 44:-

    Where do you get your definition of ‘frum’? The guy is probably a very holy Jew. Who on earth cares if he doesn’t wear what you wear that makes you define him as ‘frum’.

    This whole conception of ‘frum’ or ‘frei’ NEEDS TO GO. EVERY JEW IS HOLY AND INTRINSICALLY CONNECTED TO ATZMUT OF HAKADOSH BARUCH HU. GET OVER THE SUPERIORITY COMPLEX. Frustrates the life out of me.

  • keep in mind

    keep in mind we only saw part of the story you never know what happened down stair’s

  • vey vey

    it may be the older female is a sister (doesn’t look like a sheitel) and maybe she tried protecting her? not to insult her if we don’t know.

  • walt kovacs

    there is no excuse for this behavior

    there can be no reason given for this behavior

    there is nothing in halacha that allows for this behavior

    and it is being said that he is from france…so i hope the lubavitch in france deal with this and make sure the authorities know that he has no qualms about abusing his children

    in front of the kosel??????

  • sososos

    Sorry but he is stupid!!!!!! The father can’t have children if he can beat hes daughter!!!!!

  • TO #2 AND 5

    If you think it was not that bad then clearly you have never been at the front of a fist that is heading towards you. Its not a pleasant experience and it haunts you for life, take it from someone who knows. It is even worse when it is someone who you love and respect and whom you expect to protect you not be violent towards you. We may forgive but we never forget. If that girl ever needs anyone to talk to i would for sure be there to chat.

  • #2 fanatic psycho hypocrite

    #2 I wish I knew who are you? so fanatic you psycho ! you didnt have anything better to say?! unfortunately this is happening in our neighborhood also and no one does anything to stop it! b”h there IN THE KOTEL ISRAEL people stopped him ,I hate to think what would have happened here in ny ! Nobody cares about each other in CH ,but the Israelis are stands up for each other, no matter what the reason- israeli /american/french, the father should not have beat up the girl like a punching bag! period! so cruel and the mother ignored and turned her back she no less crazy sick than him! ENOUGH violence It does not solve anything only makes life worse , this girl will need years of therapy poor poor child!

  • to keep in mind?

    What’s going on with you people NO matter what happened down stairs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! the father should NOT have beat up the girl like a punching bag! period! what could she do so bad to justify this violence!?!

  • Mendel

    no’ 2 you need some real HELP go get some
    if this girl needs to get away she is more then welcome to come and stay with us, and if she needs counselling we will get it for her, other wise without dealing with it NOW this could affect another family later. if interested then leave a contact no’ on this site or better send it to the administrator of this site

  • Mendel

    no’ 7 you go and hide under your stone, until hits you one day G’D forbid. BE THERE FOR OTHERS AND THEY WILL BE THERE FOR YOU. this is something we have forgotten

  • Mendel

    to no’ 54 you are nuts, my brother in-law lives in Paris and one floor up from him is a choshever family and he hears what go’s on up there. and please don’t use a well respected and emeser chosid’s name for such a comment

  • djnflauhfou

    OMG DID U SEE HOW THE TWO LITTLE BOYS TURN AWAY WHEN THE FATHER IS BEATING HIS DAUGHTER??? AND THE WOMAN?? AND AT TIMES ONE OF THE BOYS PEAKING TO SEE WHATS HAPPENING BEHIND HIM THATS CRAZY!!! AND TO #2: IDK WHATS WRONG WITH U, BUT U NEED MAJOR HELP! GOOD LUCK!

  • BEEN THERE

    IT LOOKS TO ME LIKE THIS “HOLY JEW” ANIMAL & ABUSER WAS TAKING OFF HIS GARTEL AFTER HE BEAT ( NOT “POTCHED” ) HIS DAUGHTER. NO DOUBT HE HAD JUST MADE SURE TO DOVEN WITH A MINYAN AT THE KOTEL ( AND CERTAINLY WENT TO THE MIKVAH FIRST ). WHAT THESE SICK MEN DON’T GET IS THAT ALL THE DOVENING IN THE WORLD CAN’T KASHER THEIR VILE BEHAVIOR – AND HASHEM KNOWS ALL THEIR DIRTY “SECRETS” !!!!

  • Yanky

    To #71 –

    Unless you want to tell me that the girl posed an immediate and real threat to this man’s life, there is absolutely nothing that could have possibly happened down the stairs that would justifies this treatment.

  • the other women there?

    Who is the first women he speaks to? His wife? she seems content to what he is doing

  • Anonymous

    Take it easy folks.
    He is a meshichist trained in the art of self-offense.
    Reality is what you make it. To him this was a form of slogging kapporos.

  • Boruch

    #2 GO TO HELL. How dare you comment that the poor innocent daughter needs a beating. Come to my house now and I shall beat the living hell out of you, or F-IN CREEP.

  • who cares

    I was sitting at kiddush today and a WOMAN sitting at my table said there must be a reason that the man beat his daughter the way he did. But for the life of me, I cannot figure out ANY reason that justifies this behavior.

    And to #2 you need serious help.

  • family member w/ sefardim and askenazim

    67 comment was obnoxious and racist, both ashkenazim and sefardim can be the most caring and wonderful parents, or as in this case the most deranged cruel and wicked parents the issue is one of free choice not from where you or your family originates.

  • Dan

    To Beryl:

    Thanks for posting it. I do think that it’s important for people to see. People do need to know that there are right and wrong ways to educate your kids.

    I’m not sure why you would like to know who the father is. If it is to publicize the father’s name (and I don’t know if that’s the reason or not), I would like to remind you that you would also be publicizing the girl’s name and embarrassing her further. As the father has already been reported to the authorities, and we do not know that he is a danger to the wider public (unless you know differently), I don’t think that publicizing the name would help anyone, and may only do more damage to the girl than has already been done.

  • Abused but recovered father of 3

    To those that want to condone this behavior: You were either beaten as child and think it’s normal or you beat your own kids (or both). This man is vicious, and unfortunately many others on this forum seem to be animals too. You live in the dark ages, and I pity you for never having recovered, and your children for what they must be going through.

    Get help, and save your children before it’s too late and they perpetuate the cycle!

  • kj

    this guy is a rasha, anyone who lifts a hand to another is a rasha let alone your own child….this is not just a out of control slap this is a beating….lowlife!!

  • Inside info

    Inside info: Hello!!! The husband is sick, the criminal here is the wife and mother! She has seen thus video many times before we did and she did not call the cops on her ill bedmate. Att: wives and mothers, if you see you husband do anything that seems off the norm, tell him you will call the cops if he ever does anything like that. If I was the girl I would be more pissed at the mother for turning away than the father for smacking me.

  • Kutos

    She was a very chutsbadick girl who keeped on arguing after her farther and mother told her what to do. He was only taking off his gartel not his belt. There are alot better ways to disaplin but she seems to need some kind of disaplin.

  • psycho

    the mans a psycho!!!! serious mental case…he should be locked up and beaten himself!

  • to # 67 Gezha man

    You seem to have anger issues and problems with self control!! Look at yourself in the mirror before you talk about others. Your comment doesn’t show a very pretty face!!

  • Casuel Gartel...

    Just look at how he casually takes of his gartel after beating her. Its unfortunate people like this make the frum look bad but its crazy!

  • Beryl Smile Teitelbaum

    No study has ever shown any evidence that hitting a child, especially in this manner in any way helps the child. In fact, every study done on this shows the opposite. So to the people who believe that a ‘little patch’ is ok, you’re wrong. To the people who think this is ok, you should seek professional help; not for your sake, but for the sake of the people around you.
    The worst part about this video is simply the ‘Helplessness Hopelessness’ attitude of the family that is so prevalent in these cases. They cannot see a world without this abuse, and so they learn to accept it. That is not fair, and it’s not ok.

  • to number 86.

    i doubt its the father, probably someone commenting just to get comments buzzing!
    watch the mother of the girl arguing with the daughter on the way up, turns to her “amazing disciplining husband” and when he beats the girl to the floor she looks away….every one here is commenting on the father, the mother is a big part of this mess too!

    this video should be posted every where! disgusting! the family should be banned from having more children!

  • Comment 99 written by mother/instigator,

    Look at the “mother” from beginning to end. She first instigates the father when he is coming up the steps, stopping his way with her body & telling him a few very infuriating comments about his daughter (moving her hands outwards quickly, obviously very upset), most probably like: “I can’t anymore, she won’t listen again…” These few words infuriate him. She obviously knows what is coming up since she strangely moves to the bannister and totaly turns her back to the “daughter” and looks at the panorama down the stairs, also to avoid standers by from noticing. (She is getting her husband to do the job for her).
    When he is caught going “too far” by throwing her on the stairs, B”H he is caught by the man in the white t-shirt and a lady in orange who shouts at him. The mother goes on to ARGUE with the lady in orange that what he did was right bcoz she was chuzpadik, but she doesn’t buy it.
    The mother then continues to argue with the man in the white T-shirt (the hero in this sad story) but he also doesn’t buy her junk bcoz (showing her with his right hand) he hit her viciously & THREW HER on the stairs (dangerous) & (putting his hand to his temple = mad/crazy) that could never be justified.
    The mother never once came to the daughter. She only followed the husband and argued in his defense.
    VERY DANGEROUS LADY
    SHE NEEDS THERAPY

  • sickened

    this dude should have been sterilized no matter what the kid did he has no right to do that to a defenseless kid!
    hope he gos away for a long time!!

  • consider the situation

    This is what it looks like happened: The mother sees her husband and tells him that their daughter was caught hanging with boys and threatened to move in with them. The father, who already warned her on a prior occassion, now slaps her and yells at her. After he pushes her down, she starts cursing him and tells him that he is a nasty father etc….and that she will leave….he continues to beat her as her mouth spews these words……(NOt to defend the father, but to help understand that this father doesn’t know how to relate to his daughter)

  • Yaakov Goldstein

    Hitting a child is wrong in many aspects:
    1. Is a Biblical prohibition when done out of anger [which is usually the case]
    2. Creates anger in the child towards the parent as opposed to learning that what he did was wrong.
    3. Demotes the child’s self image
    4. Makes the child’s feelings for the parents become inverted and closed up.
    Nevertheless it is understandable that parents fall into this trap and do so, out of frustration. Suggestions: Parents which suffer anger management must seek help. All parents must seek methods of discipline that are both effective and loving.
    Try the “Love and Logic” method it works wonders. From personal experience with kids and students. You will never have to lift a finger on your child. Your child will sternly learn his lesson, and continue to love you without resentment.
    Learn to become a loving authority figure.

  • psycho hashem yerachem

    Disgusting! I’m sure he beat the mother and the other children too If that’s what he does on the street in front of everyone! IN THE KOTEL! You can only imagine what he is doing to These innocent kids and “wife” in his house! hashem yerachem. I hope he will go in prison, and that “a nice guy ” going to show him his feminine side!

  • anger management

    Go to therapy idiot get yourself some anger management TODAY! you’re a big shame to chabad !

  • hashgacha pratis

    kol hakavod to the people who stopped him, who knows what he was doing more! hashgacha pratis, poor girl.

  • jewish boy

    i get that the father had 2 teach her 2 never do it again her i know a lot of parents who slap there children but u don’t beet her..

    & of course by the holiost place on earth the kosel in yirusholaim u do not do that…

  • Concerned

    What is the name of the abuser? He needs help and so does his wife. He has lost the privilege of rearing his children and they need to be taken away from him. If someone can name him, I will get involved with rabanim and authorities. This is an emergency situation.

  • disgraceful

    You need to passs a test to get a drivers license but anyone can have children-one after the other but that is not the issue. Having children when you lash out like this is ABUSIVE and obviously it needed to be shown bec some people do not see a problem here. No matter what she did, he is still an out-of-control ANIMAL who acts on instinct. No matter what she did or said, he is a lot bigger than she is and obviously used to this.BH; some man intervened instead pretending to be blind like half the frum communities who live in SILENCE.

  • cowards

    the opnly reason the video is removed is bec the poor delicate sould dont want anyone to see WHAT REALLY HAPPENS. The idea is to have it on so that people face the truth which no one seems to want to. HIDE YOUR HEAD IN THE SAND but u cannot ignore the abuse that goes on.shame on you.

  • CR

    The girl looks to be about 12-14 years old. In a few years, when she reaches adulthood, look for her to leave behind anything associated with her abusive parents, including any vestige of frumkeit! It may already be too late as her home life is obviously anything but loving and happy. And her younger brothers likely await a similar fate if they are not taken out of that horrific environment immediately!

    As for the parents their names need to be publicized so an appropriate level of community pressure can be applied to them to change their ways and seek therapy. And if either are in prominent positions they need to be removed.

  • lessons from the video

    BS“D

    Two points:
    > regarding what ‘seems’ to be happening in this video, it is important to read this quote from lessons in Tanya: (Ig kodesh 22) ”The Rebbe Rayatz once remarked19 that when the Alter Rebbe first speaks of the father who punishes, he does not use the term “chassid”. (He uses it only later, in the context of the intercessor.) The reason, says the Rebbe, is that a father who smites his child may indeed be compassionate, righteous and wise — but he is not a chassid, for a chassid does not hit!
    > regarding actually judging the father; don’t make judgements based on youtube. this is not an attempt to defend, condone or put in context, it’s a simple life rule “don’t judge from youtube”. in the very least the entire episode could be exaggerated by the camera angles etc. even at the worst, humans need to be judged by humans who are there. this should not minimize the judgement only place the responsibility on those who do the proper work to collect all the data – and to remove the right to judge from anyone who does not.
    the lesson from the video is powerful however and everyone should watch it and take it to heart – in their PERSONAL lives

  • Not the first time.

    From the way the girl reacted, it seems this is not her first time getting a beating.

  • Yanky

    To #118:

    You are a moron. The type of hitting being done is clearly beyond the pale of anything that would constitute a “potch.” There is no justification and there is nothing obscured by the camera angles.

    Here’s a lesson for life: prevent abuse rather than figure out ways to shift the guilt away from an obvious abuser.

  • No Smile for Me

    Two wrongs don’t make a right.

    The kid who sent this in, and that is what he is – a kid, regardless of his age – is way off the derech.

    He wants to justify his own aveiros, which are probably far worse than what this father did, by showing how those who basically try to do the right thing also go off.

    That being said, this is the second known instance of abuse in France. Reb Moule Azimov has done so much, but he is not able to handle these problems largely because he never expected to have to deal with this. He also is not as strong as he once was; illness has taken its toll on him l”a.

    Someone younger needs to deal with these sholom bayis problems over there before we see more of this kind of chilul Hashem.

    Still, it is not the job of an OTD kid to take on his betters by showing them at their weakest moments. I’d love to see videos of some of what HE does, but I don’t watch X or even R movies these days.

  • CRAZY

    its crazy that even youtube rem,oved the video but crownheights.info and put iot on their site, it is a disgrace…

  • to # 67

    who do you think you are?? look at yourself in the mirror seriously… you talk like you are a nazist!!

  • mg

    To # 113:

    If you can get involved, post your email address so someone can contact you privately with the info. I do not know who they are but someone else may. This family needs professional help big time, and the children need to be taken away from their father.

  • petch

    THIS IS NO SIMPLE POTCH!!

    HE IS HITTING HER FACE WITH A HATEFUL VENGEANCE! THE MAN IS ILL!! MAY THIS BE A WARNING TO ALL HOT-BLOODED BAD TEMPERED DADS WHO THINK ITS OK: ITS ONLY TIME BEFORE YOUR ACTIONS ARE PLASTERED ALL OVER THE WEB

  • ??

    i dont get how people know what intentions the mother had or what she is saying. stop speculating. this is very sad for everyone, we do not know if the mother(if it is the mother) said “no” or “hit” or anything. the man needs help and the girl needs to be taken away from the father, in my opinion.
    and please publish his name so someone who knows him can call child services or whatever they have in France.

  • hershel

    NEVER IN PUBLIC!!You can tell he lost his temper and went out of control. If he wanted to discipline her, he should have taken her into a private room. There he could spread her over his desk or table right on her nose! and administer a mild whippn’ with a “ritzuah ketanah”. or lift her stomach over his knees and potch her mildly until she says “I’ll behave!” but NEVER IN PUBLIC!

  • concerned writing again.

    I as I wrote I wish to help this girl and see that she gets the help that she needs and that her parents get straightened out. I will bring her to the states if need be. If you know more, please send me an email to Rabbi@thechaicenter.com

  • Removed

    YouTube removed the video because it violates their terms of service, I’m surprised that it doesn’t violate your websites standard.

  • Habad francophone d-ailleurs

    Il faut parler aux chlouhim francophones en Israel qui vient de la France comme le rav Dreyfuss a Netanya ou le rav Berkats a Yerouchalaim. Ils connaisent tout le monde en France et ils peuvent faire ce que doit faire car ils ne travaillent pas chez le rav Azimov mais ils bien le respettent et ils connaisent tous les chlouhim en France.

    Je ne sais d’ou vient le rav Amar en Floride – je crois qu’il est de Montreal mais peut-etre il pourrait aider aussi.

    Excusez mes fautes – le francais n’est pas ma langue maternelle et c tres tard ici.

    (above is a request to contact French speaking shluchim in EY)

  • so sad!

    It pains me to see everyone getting up on their pedestal and becoming all judgmental with their holier-than-thou attidute… who are we to judge another jew?
    May we only see positive comments.

  • Not animal

    Calling him an animal?? Animals do NOT act like that. That is a HUMAN trait, not animal. They do not lose their temper.

  • ...........................

    there are alot of abusive men out there, verbally abusive and physically abusive.They abuse their wives and children,equally. It’s time to get it all out in the open and lock them up.So what if you tube removed it. Rabbonim can’t look the other way anymore and pretend it’s not happening. It is, and thank you for posting it.

  • to #28

    He was so not disciplining her. He was abusing her. I know, unfortunatly, people who throw, shove, kick and punch etc. etc. that’s discipline???? That’s abuse!!!! There are alot of sick people in this world that have to be locked up,first and then treated, second.

  • To 121

    If all that smile did was let someone suffering from abuse know that they are not alone that would be more than you’ve done

    If all that smile did was give an abused child the final push to call for help that would be more than you’ve done

    If all that smile did was help to bring awareness to leaders in the community to do more about domestic abuse that would be more than you’ve done

    But no, that’s not all he’s done. He is one of the kindest people I know who doesn’t think twice when asked for help. I know this cause I’ve know him forever. Yes I don’t believe the way does and I have had my fair share of debates with him but hey, this article is not about an individual, certainly not him. This post was put up so people can be aware of domestic abuse and they’ll be more likely to act when they are able to. Now won’t you just get off your high horse and do something.

  • Yossel

    B”H

    That guy is a sick idiot. Just because he has a hat, black coat, yarmulke and tzitis, he thinks he’s a frum Yid??? He will have to give a Din V’Chesbon for his abusive behavior after 120 years. I hope he does teshuva for his perverted behavior. He might as well have been caught with a shiksa while eating a ham sandwitch, his sin is worse.

    THE GIRL IS NOT A YOUNG CHILD. For those of you who think children should be potched, I AM SORRY I EVER HIT MY KIDS AND IF I HAD TO DO MY LIFE OVER I WOULD NEVER PUT A HAND ON THEM EXCEPT TO HUG THEM!!!!!!!! If you have to hit a child, you’ve already lost the battle.

  • to number 5

    to number 5 you have problems if you think that is nothing! watch this video again! being hit over and over and thrown into steps like that is not nothing this is horrrible and how does the mother just stand there and watch? messed up people

  • Wipe the smile off his face

    To 137:

    Enough. Enough of turning every OTD kid into a hero. His smile is a fake smirk that says: “Ha! Look at all of your problems! I escaped! I’m better than you are!” He is an oisvorf and he can wipe the smile off his face. I love how every second OTD kid has a name like Goody, or Smiley on Facebook. Just a bunch of silly kids who’ll never grow up or amount to anything.

    Do you think he was the one who discovered this video? It was on every garbage site you can imagine.

    It is not his place to comment on our world and he could care less except to show off and say he’s better than we are. He clearly did this to justify his own even worse behavior. He left Judaism and he’s no better than the abusive father.

    The abusive father may have just lost it for a moment because the girl did something chutzpadik at the Kosel of all places, or he may be ill and abusive. Now it is in the hands of law enforcement, and that is thanks to the cameras, not to some oisvorf kid.

    He was deported from Israel and now has an Interpol file as well as a report to French social services on his record. A bunch of kibitzers online can’t do a thing to help if law enforcement can’t handle it. Besides, in France they speak French last time I checked.

  • SO SAD

    For all of you on here asking that the video be removed, stating it is just a “patch” or making any claim that this is irrelevant to our community; For lack of better words you people are extremely slow and probably never received an education beyond alef bais.
    Placing a hand on a child is wrong and if any of you do hit your kids I hope you get hit harder by someone bigger than you who wants you to learn a lesson. Why is it that grown ups can teach each other with words but somehow a parent has to teach with their hands. Violence never teaches anyone a lesson. OH wait , it does teach fear but hey we are only chassidim right. Our approach to life is supposed to be with love.
    I feel a heart full of sadness for that girl and any child who has to live in conditions like that because their parents have such a poor education that they think “patching” is conducive to progress.
    Also, what good does hiding the bad parts of our society from the outside world do? It makes people think we are perfect? Well, guess what, we are not perfect and no one is. We need to address these issues openly so as to create an awareness towards the problems that plague our society.

    The violence in this video is something that occurs with jews and non-jews alike. But to see it happen by a fellow religious jew makes me feel sick to the core. I truly hope any child in our community that lives under conditions like this can somehow be found and rescued. Life is so precious and children do not deserve to be punished because their parents are not fit for the task at hand.

  • oy

    I don’t really understand how people can downplay this, or imply that the girl could have deserved it. This seems to be quite violent child abuse.I hope he isn’t Lubuvitch…but he definetly appears frum, what a Chillul Hashem!

  • Anonymous

    I am very surprised after reading various comments here – about how this video should be taken down, it’s a simple patch, the girl deserved it, etc.

    This is the issue with our chinuch system – and here is the answer to all our problems of tznius, substance abuse and other character inadequacies and rebellion of our youth.

    I talk from my personal experience. Many people on this site know me personally hence I am keep my anonymity. However one thing many don’t know about me, is the amount of abuse I suffered as a child. My father beat me till no end, he humiliated and embarrassed me publicly as well as privately. I was always the “bad” child and the embarrassment of the family. I never received any respect from anyone in my family. I was never good enough.

    This led me to perform poorly in school, despite all the good marks and gift I have with learning – but my attitude and behaviour was horrible. eventually I learned to behave in school – thanks to my fathers beatings – but I was doing it out of fear. behind closed doors – I was the one who had a casino in my room in Yeshiva, I used to hide all the magazines, and non-jewish literature and music. I was horrible. and I felt powerful – because I was literally getting away with “murder” and everyone thought I was the goody-goody.

    I left my home very young, got married young – to run away! run away from all the hectic abuse in my home. I thought I will fix it in my own home. But I was wrong. Things didn’t turn out the way I expected.

    Long story short – I ended up using drugs, alcohol and ending up with prostitutes – was this something I was proud of? was this ever in my wildest dreams? I ended up losing my wife, kids, family, job and everything. I hit rock bottom.

    Then I met rabbis who really helped me. I managed to go to intense therapy, got cleaned up from everything, made amends with people I have hurt. I learned to stand up to my problems and face them – instead of running away and turning my face to them. I took responsibility for my defects and stopped blaming my self for everything. I was no longer a victim!

    Today by the grace of god – I am sober of drugs and alcohol – I still struggle on a daily basis – but I surrender. I get help. I am no longer ashamed of my past – my past made me into a much better person. I am working and succeeding at it really well. Thank God for everything.

    Bottom line – is that we have to wake up and smell the coffee – if you know of any abusers – you must tell your local rabbi and if that doesn’t help – involve your local law enforcement and agency that will take care of it. It is so imperative I cannot stress it more. Don’t screw up your children’s lives and let them hit rock bottom to fix mistakes that you have caused. get help if you need it. find a little bit of humility to admit to yourself that you need help. and seek it!

    There is light at the end of the tunnel and some great peace awaits you at the other side – I am still on my journey to that freedom.

    May god bless you all.

  • mendel

    to # 145
    I am truly sorry that no one was there for you and you are very very right.
    Today’s problem is we have cowards for Rabbonim that not only do nothing once they are told, they seem to help and support the pervert
    One thing I would not want to be in their place after 120

  • rebecca

    heh comment number 2 you must be a child molester to write the comment that you did. Guess what? you will be caught next!

  • rebecca

    comment number 5-tell us where you live and we will send over the police asap to arrest you for abuse which are no doubt doing and probably enjoying it. you are sick!

  • TO ALL THOSE WHO AGREE WITH #2

    to all those who agree with #2 you should know the hands that hit a child should tremble cause you are hitting Hashem’s child its not yours and i suggest you should take some anger management classes.

  • Ashamed

    Why is this shared the public??????? Can’t be leave it, no not the part of the beating but the part how it’s sheared and the coment, we can’t judge

  • This animal should be beaten

    This animal should be beaten and then thrown into jail for a while. The kids should be given a new home.

  • to number 145

    to numb 145 my heart hurts hearing how much pain u went thru :(
    thank u for sharing and i agree with you !

  • Sara

    I wish i could go to the girl and give her a hug.

    its so disturbing how the mother runs after her husband when he is taken away…And not after the child who her husband just brutally hit.
    The girl stands up and fixes her hair(probably shaking inside),like, “this happens to me all the time”, poor girl, i dont even want to think the traumas that she has and what goes on In-doors.
    The girl literally JUMPS when the guard pads her back when he comes to take her..She is soo afraid!
    poor poor girl. Parents dont realize the damage they do to their kids by their actions…

  • tzina nechumah

    May G-d send a complete and spiritual healing to any parent ( and the entire family ) who thinks treating a child, this most precious gift from above, in any manor like this. No excuse for this, none whatsoever.
    Please do not remove this. We as Kal Yisrael need to address and acknowledge that this happens in our families both Baal Teshuvah and Frum From Birth.
    Women and children deserve love and respect. Without such respect will our community adopt ‘honor killings’? I beg G-d, and our leaders of faith everywhere to help us heal.

  • Protect kids

    Anyone who thinks that hitting a child like that is ok needs to have their children taken away. That kind of blatant, sick, disgusting child abuse is a mental disease.

  • to number 2

    no kid no matter how chutpadik they are deserve to be abused noone should be treated like that

  • To #2

    Oh, yeah, sure, she deserved to get beaten by her father, right? You’re a sick phsyco freak, and I hope you know how sick it sounded. Somebody should track you down and put you into jail so that if you chas veshalom have kids they should never have to go through what this girl went through.

  • Wake up and smell the coffee, everyone!

    Listen, I think that I could tell the difference between a simple potch and definite abuse. A potch is nothing more than one smack to get the child into a state of submission. As a child, let me tell you, my mother gave me a good potch a few times because I really stepped out of line. But she did it once in a blue moon because I truly deserved it, and in the privacy of my own house. Abuse is what this man did. Observe his actions: he knocks the girl down from the force of his slaps, continues to smack her across her face, picks her up, and then, when she tries to run away, he follows her and tosses her, that’s right tosses this young girls, onto the stone steps. Do you know what kind of phisical damage that can cause? When I was in Israel, when I was in seventh grade, an Israeli youth tossed me onto the steps of the kotel and i ended up at a doctor to treat the broken arm i received from the blow. and she landed on her back! This is not normal behavior even for disciplining and I strongly reccomend that these children be taken away from their father and placed in a stable environment.

  • Canadian Content

    Keep this video on your site as long as you can.
    All kids should know that this is abuse, and not discipline. Let them see that this such conduct is criminal, even if the perpetrator is “frum”, or is even their father who “does it only out of love or concern”. How do we as a community expect an abused child ever learn to differentiate between love and abuse if they learn at home it is the same thing?
    They should show this in every school and get the kids to write essays. Let’s see what comes out.It would be fascinating.

  • horrific

    Besides for being completely horrific, it is also a massive chillul hashem and chillul chabad. Just look at the comment to the video mocking Chabad.

  • galus

    he ….’in shoved her to the ground-in the place where we try to stop the fights with arabs there fights a father and duaghter…but worse, just him beating her up…so sad.. he probably didnt have his meds that day

  • Anonymous

    You are really stupid!!!
    It is houtspa to publish one such article on a rabbi! It makes left the education!
    I ask for the immediate abolition(deletion) of this article!

  • Anonymous

    Vous êtes vraiment idiots !!!
    C’est houtspa de publier un telle article sur un rabbin ! Cela fait parti de son éducation !
    Je demande la suppression immédiate de cet article !

  • One of the caring people

    # 164 & 165

    You’re the only one who is really stupid!!!

    It’s a tremendous houtspa that such a vicious woman told the father to beat the child and didn’t protect her!!!! This man being in education, before he fixes his beating issue, makes education left (sic).

    May G-d help you and all of us

  • be more considerate!

    Why was everyone getting involved with the attacker?There were enough people taking care of him. No one really asked the victim/young girl if she was okay.

  • An advocate

    Please: does anyone know if the poor girl is OK and whether her abusive father was punished? I am still very concerned for her.