Posts Tagged Haifa
Rav David Deutsch, Haifa, Israel
Donation to David Deutsch
Haifa, built on the slopes of Mount Carmel, has a history dating back to Biblical times. The earliest known settlement in the vicinity was Tell Abu Hawam, a small port city established in the Late Bronze Age (14th century BCE). In the 3rd century CE, Haifa was known as a dye-making center. Over the centuries, the city has changed hands: It has been conquered and ruled by the Byzantines, Arabs, Crusaders, Ottomans, Egyptians, and the British. Since the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948, the city has been governed by the Haifa Municipality.
Haifa, Israel
Rabbi Yehudah Gansler, Ramat Vishnitz, Haifa
Donation to Rabbi Gansler from Moishe Alexander
Vishnitz wedding 5770
The governments of the Kingdoms of Israel and Judah were based on a system of Jewish kings, prophets, the legal authority of the court of the Sanhedrin and the ritual authority of priesthood. Members of the Sanhedrin had to receive their semicha (“ordination”) derived in an uninterrupted line of transmission from Moses, yet rather than being referred to as “rabbis” they were more frequently called judges (dayanim) akin to the Shoftim or “Judges” as in the Book of Judges.
Hatzolah – Yavniel, Israel
Moishe Alexander donates to Hatzolah – Yavniel, Israel
Hatzolah Helps!
As IDF rescuers fight the clock to save lives in Haiti, with sunny skies and dry roadways, 11 people lost their lives around Israel from motzei shabbos to Sunday night, in vehicular accidents in less than 24 hours. Two others were killed, struck by trains. Over 30 others sustained different levels of injuries in the accidents.
At 3:56am, a Haifa resident in her 30s was struck and killed as she crossed the road in an unauthorized area near Dolphin Jct. She sustained extremely serious multi systems trauma and was pronounced dead in the trauma unit of Haifa’s Rambam Medical Center.
Police are investigating; explaining that while the victim was crossing in an unauthorized area, it appears the driver was operating the vehicle at excessive speed, contributing to his inability to stop the car in time.
6:00am: Chanan Ochana, 24, of Afula, was killed in a collision involving a minibus and a private vehicle on Route 55 near the entrance to a moshav in the Jezreel Valley. 11 people were injured, transported to Rambam Hospital and Ha’emek Hospital in Afula.
Another accident, without fatalities, occurred during the morning hours between Kibbutz Niran and Kibbutz Galgal in the Jordan Valley when a tractor struck a van. A couple, Breslov chassidim from Yavniel were injured. The wife sustained serious injuries and was transported to the Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital trauma unit by chopper. The others were transported in light and moderate condition to areas hospitals. The couple has 18 children blei ayin hora. They were on the way to Yerushalayim with a number of children to make final preparations for the wedding of one of the son’s, scheduled for Wednesday, January 20th.
11:00am: At Ba’ari Jct. on Route 232 in the western Negev, a serious MVA occurred involving 4 fatalities. One of the victims was Helena Baker, from Kibbutz Orim, who at week’s end celebrated her 72nd birthday. Two soldiers, Sgt. Karen Sheetrit, 20, from Eilat and Sgt. Me’or Cohen-Kadosh, 20, from Rishon L’Tzion were also killed in the head-on collision.
It appears the vehicle with the five youths veered into the opposing lane, striking Mrs. Baker’s vehicle. At least two others were injured.
According to one eyewitness, the vehicle driven by the youths tried passing a truck, crossing a solid white line to do so, a move that was quite costly to many.
11:00am: At almost the exact same time, another fatal collision occurred, in Petach Tikvah, claiming the life of 57-year-old truck driver Yair Tzabari. Tzabari locked his vehicle but shortly after exiting, he noticed it began to roll. He quickly ran to open the door and stop the truck, but as he was trying to do so, he was crushed to death by the truck striking another truck. A Sharon area resident, he retired from Israel Police three years earlier. Responding to the call was a Petach Tikvah traffic unit, including a longtime colleague and close personal friend of the niftar, office Yaakov Shemtov, who was aghast at the sight.
3:45pm: A pedestrian was struck and killed at Yashresh Jct. in the Aravah. The victim was transported to Assaf HaRofeh Hospital, reported in moderate condition, but he died a number of hours after the accident.