- published: 02 Apr 2019
- views: 3686
Create your page here
-
remove the playlistYisroel Avrohom Portugal
- remove the playlistYisroel Avrohom Portugal
Please tell us which country and city you'd like to see the weather in.
'+tempC+' °C
'
}
weather_info += '- Pressure: '+weather_data.main.pressure+' hPa ' if (weather_data.main.humidity) { weather_info += '
- Humidity: '+weather_data.main.humidity+' % '; } if (clouds) { weather_info += '
- Clounds: '+clouds.all+'% ' } if (weather) { weather_info += '
- '+weather.description+' ' } weather_info += '
'+mobj.calendar()+'
';
weather_info += '
'
weather_info += ''
if (country == 'United States'){
weather_info += '
'+tempF+' °F
'
}else{
weather_info += ''+tempC+' °C
'
}
weather_info += '- '+value.pressure+' hPa ' if (value.humidity) { weather_info += '
- Humidity: '+value.humidity+' % '; } if (clouds) { weather_info += '
- Clouds: '+clouds+'% ' } if (weather) { weather_info += '
- ' +weather.description+' ' } weather_info += '
Yisroel Avrohom Portugal
Yisroel Avrohom Portugal (or Israel Abraham Portugal) (born June 2, 1925) son of Rabbi Eliezer Zusia Portugal and his first wife, Sheina Rachel, is the Rebbe (Grand Rabbi) of Skulen in Brooklyn, New York.
In his youth, he studied in Vizhnitz under the Vizhnitzer Rebbe, Rabbi Eliezer Hager.
Currently, Rabbi Portugal lives primarily in the Boro Park section of Brooklyn but spends some time including about half of the Jewish holidays in Williamsburg, Brooklyn where his father lived. He is widely sought after for his blessings and advice. He is known for lacking involvement in bodily pleasures (due to his lack of sleep and eating no more than a meal a day) and for his humble nature. He is also known for his constant battle against practices he does not approve of for Jews, such as possessing a television or a computer with internet service, and even the growing of their hair (except for boys under three and unmarried girls, as in Hasidic tradition).
Following his father, he is a habituated composer of Hasidic songs. He always (except on Shabbat and Jewish Holidays) carries with him a small tape recorder to record any new tune that would come to his mind. He has already composed thousands of songs. Most are forgotten after they are recorded, but many of them are sung at his tishen, and a handful of them have become classics in the Hasidic community.
This page contains text from Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia - https://wn.com/Yisroel_Avrohom_Portugal
Portugal
Portugal (Portuguese: [puɾtuˈɣaɫ]), officially the Portuguese Republic (Portuguese: República Portuguesa), is a country on the Iberian Peninsula, in southwestern Europe. It is the westernmost country of mainland Europe, being bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west and south and by Spain to the north and east. The Portugal–Spain border is 1,214 km (754 mi) long and considered the longest uninterrupted border within the European Union. The republic also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of the Azores and Madeira, both autonomous regions with their own regional governments.
The land within the borders of current Portugal has been continuously settled and fought over since prehistoric times. The Celts and the Romans were followed by the Visigothic and the Suebi Germanic peoples, who were themselves later invaded by the Moors. These Muslim peoples were eventually expelled during the Christian Reconquista of the peninsula. By 1139, Portugal had established itself as a kingdom independent from León. In the 15th and 16th centuries, as the result of pioneering the Age of Discovery, Portugal expanded Western influence and established the first global empire, becoming one of the world's major economic, political and military powers.
This page contains text from Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia - https://wn.com/Portugal
Portugal (disambiguation)
Portugal is a country in southwestern Europe.
Portugal may also refer to:
Similar spellings
See also
This page contains text from Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia - https://wn.com/Portugal_(disambiguation)
Portugal (surname)
Portugal is a surname derived from the country of the same name. People with the name include:
See also
This page contains text from Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia - https://wn.com/Portugal_(surname)
Radio Stations - Lisbon
SEARCH FOR RADIOS
Podcasts:
-
Thousands line the streets of Borough Park for rabbi's funeral
BOROUGH PARK - Thousands lined the streets of Borough Park Tuesday for the funeral of a popular rabbi. Rabbi Yisroel Avrohom Portugal, who was born in Romania, died at Johns Hopkins Memorial Hospital Monday at the age of 95. He took over as Skulener rebbe from his father. Community members prayed and stayed by the Skulener rebbe's bedside around the clock. The rebbe survived the Holocaust and went on to lead the Skulen synagogue for many years. He's remembered as a man who had integrity, respect and knowledge. His final resting place is in Monsey, Rockland County.
published: 02 Apr 2019 -
Thousands Attend Funeral For Rabbi In Boro Park, Brooklyn
Crowds of mourners lined the streets to remember and celebrate the life of rabbi Yisroel Avrohom Portugal. CBS2's Jim Smith reports.
published: 02 Apr 2019 -
Largest Jewish Funeral in American History - Levaya of Skulener Rebbe | מסע הלוויה - האדמו"ר מסקולען
The Brooklyn neighborhood of Boro Park is all but shutting down on Wednesday to mark the death of Rabbi Yisroel Avrohom Portugal, 95, the last Holocaust-era rebbe to lead a significant Hasidic sect. Portugal, who served as the rebbe of the Skulen Hasidic group since his father’s death in 1982, was imprisoned in Romania in the late 1950s while aiding Holocaust orphans there. He died Monday at Johns Hopkins University Medical Center in Baltimore. Some neighborhood yeshivas are closed to mark Portugal’s death, and police reported significant traffic and street closures in advance of the funeral. Social media posts show massive crowds filling the streets in Boro Park. After the funeral, Portugal will be buried at a synagogue in Monsey. The crowds at the funerals are expected to be particula...
published: 04 Apr 2019 -
Thousands Fill the Streets of Boro park for Beloved Rabbi’s Funeral
A hearse ran over the leg of an NYPD officer working crowd control at a huge funeral for a well-known rabbi in Brooklyn Tuesday, while another officer was hit in the head with a drone that had apparently run out of gas, police say. The cop apparently fell while working crowd control at the Borough Park funeral, which was attended by tens of thousands of people, and then got run over by a car in the funeral procession. He had a possible broken ankle, NYPD police commissioner James P. O'Neill said in an afternoon press conference. Another cop also suffered minor injuries from an errant drone."There was a drone that came out of the sky and hit a police officer," O'Neill said. "The drone apparently ran out of gas... and it landed on the officer's head." O'Neill said the drone was being look...
published: 03 Apr 2019 -
Thousands Gather In Monsey For Levaya On Skulener Rebbe
published: 02 Apr 2019 -
Overhead Footage Of Crowd At Skulener Rebbe Levaya
published: 02 Apr 2019 -
Helicopter Footage - Tens of Thousands of Hasidic Jews Crowd Boro Park for Funeral of Skulener Rebbe
Tens of thousands of mourners gathered in Brooklyn Tuesday for the funeral of a popular rabbi who survived the Holocaust and despised the internet. Huge crowds were pictured in Borough Park for the funeral of The Skulener Rebbe, Rabbi Yisroel Avrohom Portugal, who died aged 95 on Monday in New York City. Images from the scene shows with as many as an estimated 100,000 mourners lining the streets to pay their respects to the religious leader. People openly wept as others climbed lampposts and crowds were controlled by a huge police presence and metal fences. The popular Rabbi and fixture in Brooklyn Hasidic neighborhoods had survived the Nazi death camps and came to the United States in 1960. He died at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, surrounded by his family, on Monday after...
published: 03 Apr 2019 -
NYPD Officers Injured During Huge Rabbi Funeral in Boro Park
A hearse ran over the leg of an NYPD officer working crowd control at a huge funeral for a well-known rabbi in Brooklyn Tuesday, while another officer was hit in the head with a drone that had apparently run out of gas, police say. The cop apparently fell while working crowd control at the Borough Park funeral, which was attended by tens of thousands of people, and then got run over by a car in the funeral procession. He had a possible broken ankle, NYPD police commissioner James P. O'Neill said in an afternoon press conference. Another cop also suffered minor injuries from an errant drone."There was a drone that came out of the sky and hit a police officer," O'Neill said. "The drone apparently ran out of gas... and it landed on the officer's head." O'Neill said the drone was being look...
published: 02 Apr 2019 -
Skulen Rabbi Funeral in Boro Park, Brooklyn
A hearse ran over the leg of an NYPD officer working crowd control at a huge funeral for a well-known rabbi in Brooklyn Tuesday, while another officer was hit in the head with a drone that had apparently run out of gas, police say. The cop apparently fell while working crowd control at the Borough Park funeral, which was attended by tens of thousands of people, and then got run over by a car in the funeral procession. He had a possible broken ankle, NYPD police commissioner James P. O'Neill said in an afternoon press conference. Another cop also suffered minor injuries from an errant drone."There was a drone that came out of the sky and hit a police officer," O'Neill said. "The drone apparently ran out of gas... and it landed on the officer's head." O'Neill said the drone was being look...
published: 02 Apr 2019 -
Thousands Crowd Boro Park Streets For Rabbi's funeral; 2 NYPD Officers Hurt
Tens of thousands of people crowded streets in Brooklyn Tuesday for the funeral of a grand rabbi, and two NYPD officers were hurt in the process. Officers were trying to control the massive crowd during the procession from 52nd to 61st streets and 12th to 16th avenues in Borough Park, with some estimating as many as 100,000 mourners in attendance. Rabbi Yisroel Avrohom Portugal died at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, surrounded by his family, on Monday. He was 95.
published: 03 Apr 2019
developed with YouTube
1:31
Thousands line the streets of Borough Park for rabbi's funeral
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:31
- Uploaded Date: 02 Apr 2019
- views: 3686
BOROUGH PARK - Thousands lined the streets of Borough Park Tuesday for the funeral of a popular rabbi.
Rabbi Yisroel Avrohom Portugal, who was born in Romania,...
BOROUGH PARK - Thousands lined the streets of Borough Park Tuesday for the funeral of a popular rabbi.
Rabbi Yisroel Avrohom Portugal, who was born in Romania, died at Johns Hopkins Memorial Hospital Monday at the age of 95. He took over as Skulener rebbe from his father.
Community members prayed and stayed by the Skulener rebbe's bedside around the clock.
The rebbe survived the Holocaust and went on to lead the Skulen synagogue for many years. He's remembered as a man who had integrity, respect and knowledge.
His final resting place is in Monsey, Rockland County.
https://wn.com/Thousands_Line_The_Streets_Of_Borough_Park_For_Rabbi's_Funeral
BOROUGH PARK - Thousands lined the streets of Borough Park Tuesday for the funeral of a popular rabbi.
Rabbi Yisroel Avrohom Portugal, who was born in Romania, died at Johns Hopkins Memorial Hospital Monday at the age of 95. He took over as Skulener rebbe from his father.
Community members prayed and stayed by the Skulener rebbe's bedside around the clock.
The rebbe survived the Holocaust and went on to lead the Skulen synagogue for many years. He's remembered as a man who had integrity, respect and knowledge.
His final resting place is in Monsey, Rockland County.
0:50
Thousands Attend Funeral For Rabbi In Boro Park, Brooklyn
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 0:50
- Uploaded Date: 02 Apr 2019
- views: 4100
Crowds of mourners lined the streets to remember and celebrate the life of rabbi Yisroel Avrohom Portugal. CBS2's Jim Smith reports.
Crowds of mourners lined the streets to remember and celebrate the life of rabbi Yisroel Avrohom Portugal. CBS2's Jim Smith reports.
https://wn.com/Thousands_Attend_Funeral_For_Rabbi_In_Boro_Park,_Brooklyn
Crowds of mourners lined the streets to remember and celebrate the life of rabbi Yisroel Avrohom Portugal. CBS2's Jim Smith reports.
- published: 02 Apr 2019
- views: 4100
3:16
Largest Jewish Funeral in American History - Levaya of Skulener Rebbe | מסע הלוויה - האדמו"ר מסקולען
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:16
- Uploaded Date: 04 Apr 2019
- views: 34374
The Brooklyn neighborhood of Boro Park is all but shutting down on Wednesday to mark the death of Rabbi Yisroel Avrohom Portugal, 95, the last Holocaust-era reb...
The Brooklyn neighborhood of Boro Park is all but shutting down on Wednesday to mark the death of Rabbi Yisroel Avrohom Portugal, 95, the last Holocaust-era rebbe to lead a significant Hasidic sect.
Portugal, who served as the rebbe of the Skulen Hasidic group since his father’s death in 1982, was imprisoned in Romania in the late 1950s while aiding Holocaust orphans there. He died Monday at Johns Hopkins University Medical Center in Baltimore.
Some neighborhood yeshivas are closed to mark Portugal’s death, and police reported significant traffic and street closures in advance of the funeral. Social media posts show massive crowds filling the streets in Boro Park. After the funeral, Portugal will be buried at a synagogue in Monsey.
The crowds at the funerals are expected to be particularly large, in part because the need to transport Portugal’s body from Baltimore to Brooklyn meant that the funeral could not be held the same day as his death, which is often the practice in Hasidic communities.
The rebbe of a small Hasidic group, Portugal led no yeshiva, and controlled no large religious institutions. But he was a major figure in the Hasidic community; a lingering tie to pre-Holocaust Europe in an era when the leaders of the major Hasidic sects were born in the U.S. and Israel. Hasidic Jews who follow other rebbes often visited Portugal seeking his blessing.
Portugal was a strict opponent of Internet use, and was one of the organizers of the Orthodox anti-Internet rally at Citi Field in 2013. In the 1980s, Portugal would set fire to a television each year on the eve of Passover, along with the leftover bread that Jews dispose of before the holiday. Alexander Rapaport, executive director of the soup kitchen Masbia, whose grandparents lived across the street from Portugal, said that the rabbi would give blessings in return for promises to follow Jewish law and tradition, and that the televisions came from petitioners who had gotten rid of them at Portugal’s request.
“It always radiated warmth,” Rapaport said of Skulen, Portugal’s small community. “When people came to Boro Park and wanted to see something very Hasidic, they wanted to get a feel of a Hasidic rebbe, they always ended up at Skulen.”
According to most accounts, Portugal and his father left Sculeni, the community in Moldova from which their sect derives its name, before the outbreak of the Second World War. They spent the war in the Ukrainian city of Chernowitz, facing persecution there from both the Germans and the Soviets, who occupied the city at different times. After the war they traveled to Bucharest, Romania, where they sought and cared for Jewish war orphans, and aided the small remaining Jewish communities. Portugal’s father was arrested multiple times.
In April of 1959, Romanian authorities arrested both Portugal and his father for suspected treason. Jewish groups in the U.S. raised concerns about the arrest. According to a 1960 report from the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, United Nations officials intervened to secure the release of the two rabbis, and the U.S. State Department offered them citizenship. They were released in September of 1959, and arrived in the U.S. in August of 1960.
Portugal was known for composing tunes to the Psalms; some of his compositions are sung throughout the Hasidic community. Though he had no yeshiva, he leads a school for children in need in Israel.
Portugal’s wife, Reizel Portugal, died in 2005. He had eight children. According to the Lakewood Scoop, his eldest son, Yeshaya Yaakov Portugal, who lives in Montreal, will succeed Yisroel Avrohom Portugal as rebbe of the Skulen Hasidic group. Other sons lead local Skulen communities.
#Skulen #SkulenerRebbe #RabbiFuneral #סקולען
https://wn.com/Largest_Jewish_Funeral_In_American_History_Levaya_Of_Skulener_Rebbe_|_מסע_הלוויה_האדמו_ר_מסקולען
The Brooklyn neighborhood of Boro Park is all but shutting down on Wednesday to mark the death of Rabbi Yisroel Avrohom Portugal, 95, the last Holocaust-era rebbe to lead a significant Hasidic sect.
Portugal, who served as the rebbe of the Skulen Hasidic group since his father’s death in 1982, was imprisoned in Romania in the late 1950s while aiding Holocaust orphans there. He died Monday at Johns Hopkins University Medical Center in Baltimore.
Some neighborhood yeshivas are closed to mark Portugal’s death, and police reported significant traffic and street closures in advance of the funeral. Social media posts show massive crowds filling the streets in Boro Park. After the funeral, Portugal will be buried at a synagogue in Monsey.
The crowds at the funerals are expected to be particularly large, in part because the need to transport Portugal’s body from Baltimore to Brooklyn meant that the funeral could not be held the same day as his death, which is often the practice in Hasidic communities.
The rebbe of a small Hasidic group, Portugal led no yeshiva, and controlled no large religious institutions. But he was a major figure in the Hasidic community; a lingering tie to pre-Holocaust Europe in an era when the leaders of the major Hasidic sects were born in the U.S. and Israel. Hasidic Jews who follow other rebbes often visited Portugal seeking his blessing.
Portugal was a strict opponent of Internet use, and was one of the organizers of the Orthodox anti-Internet rally at Citi Field in 2013. In the 1980s, Portugal would set fire to a television each year on the eve of Passover, along with the leftover bread that Jews dispose of before the holiday. Alexander Rapaport, executive director of the soup kitchen Masbia, whose grandparents lived across the street from Portugal, said that the rabbi would give blessings in return for promises to follow Jewish law and tradition, and that the televisions came from petitioners who had gotten rid of them at Portugal’s request.
“It always radiated warmth,” Rapaport said of Skulen, Portugal’s small community. “When people came to Boro Park and wanted to see something very Hasidic, they wanted to get a feel of a Hasidic rebbe, they always ended up at Skulen.”
According to most accounts, Portugal and his father left Sculeni, the community in Moldova from which their sect derives its name, before the outbreak of the Second World War. They spent the war in the Ukrainian city of Chernowitz, facing persecution there from both the Germans and the Soviets, who occupied the city at different times. After the war they traveled to Bucharest, Romania, where they sought and cared for Jewish war orphans, and aided the small remaining Jewish communities. Portugal’s father was arrested multiple times.
In April of 1959, Romanian authorities arrested both Portugal and his father for suspected treason. Jewish groups in the U.S. raised concerns about the arrest. According to a 1960 report from the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, United Nations officials intervened to secure the release of the two rabbis, and the U.S. State Department offered them citizenship. They were released in September of 1959, and arrived in the U.S. in August of 1960.
Portugal was known for composing tunes to the Psalms; some of his compositions are sung throughout the Hasidic community. Though he had no yeshiva, he leads a school for children in need in Israel.
Portugal’s wife, Reizel Portugal, died in 2005. He had eight children. According to the Lakewood Scoop, his eldest son, Yeshaya Yaakov Portugal, who lives in Montreal, will succeed Yisroel Avrohom Portugal as rebbe of the Skulen Hasidic group. Other sons lead local Skulen communities.
#Skulen #SkulenerRebbe #RabbiFuneral #סקולען
- published: 04 Apr 2019
- views: 34374
0:50
Thousands Fill the Streets of Boro park for Beloved Rabbi’s Funeral
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 0:50
- Uploaded Date: 03 Apr 2019
- views: 788
A hearse ran over the leg of an NYPD officer working crowd control at a huge funeral for a well-known rabbi in Brooklyn Tuesday, while another officer was hit i...
A hearse ran over the leg of an NYPD officer working crowd control at a huge funeral for a well-known rabbi in Brooklyn Tuesday, while another officer was hit in the head with a drone that had apparently run out of gas, police say.
The cop apparently fell while working crowd control at the Borough Park funeral, which was attended by tens of thousands of people, and then got run over by a car in the funeral procession. He had a possible broken ankle, NYPD police commissioner James P. O'Neill said in an afternoon press conference.
Another cop also suffered minor injuries from an errant drone."There was a drone that came out of the sky and hit a police officer," O'Neill said. "The drone apparently ran out of gas... and it landed on the officer's head."
O'Neill said the drone was being looked at by police and at this stage no charges were being laid.
The funeral was for Rabbi Yisroel Avrohom Portugal, who died at the age of 95. He was born in 1924 in Romania to Rabbie Eliezer Zusia Portugal who founded the Skulen Hasidic dynasty.
Father and son settled in Bucharest following World War II and in 1959 they were imprisoned for teaching Torah and helping Jewish children, according to Assembly Member Simcha Eichenstein.
They left Romania for the United States in 1960 after intervention by the U.S. State Department and Sen. Robert “Scoop” Jackson, Eichestein said.
“As a community we mourn the petira of the Skulener Rebbe zatzal, one of the last surviving remnants of the pre-Holocaust generation - a leader that was deeply respected by all,” Eichenstein said in a press release. “Rabbi Portugal was a truly inspiring and special individual that we should all aspire to be like.”
Law enforcement sources also say there was another injury when a drone that was flying overhead apparently hit another police officer in the head.
Thousands were expected to show up for Rabbi Portugal's funeral. Images from the scene captured an immense crowd lining the streets.
https://wn.com/Thousands_Fill_The_Streets_Of_Boro_Park_For_Beloved_Rabbi’S_Funeral
A hearse ran over the leg of an NYPD officer working crowd control at a huge funeral for a well-known rabbi in Brooklyn Tuesday, while another officer was hit in the head with a drone that had apparently run out of gas, police say.
The cop apparently fell while working crowd control at the Borough Park funeral, which was attended by tens of thousands of people, and then got run over by a car in the funeral procession. He had a possible broken ankle, NYPD police commissioner James P. O'Neill said in an afternoon press conference.
Another cop also suffered minor injuries from an errant drone."There was a drone that came out of the sky and hit a police officer," O'Neill said. "The drone apparently ran out of gas... and it landed on the officer's head."
O'Neill said the drone was being looked at by police and at this stage no charges were being laid.
The funeral was for Rabbi Yisroel Avrohom Portugal, who died at the age of 95. He was born in 1924 in Romania to Rabbie Eliezer Zusia Portugal who founded the Skulen Hasidic dynasty.
Father and son settled in Bucharest following World War II and in 1959 they were imprisoned for teaching Torah and helping Jewish children, according to Assembly Member Simcha Eichenstein.
They left Romania for the United States in 1960 after intervention by the U.S. State Department and Sen. Robert “Scoop” Jackson, Eichestein said.
“As a community we mourn the petira of the Skulener Rebbe zatzal, one of the last surviving remnants of the pre-Holocaust generation - a leader that was deeply respected by all,” Eichenstein said in a press release. “Rabbi Portugal was a truly inspiring and special individual that we should all aspire to be like.”
Law enforcement sources also say there was another injury when a drone that was flying overhead apparently hit another police officer in the head.
Thousands were expected to show up for Rabbi Portugal's funeral. Images from the scene captured an immense crowd lining the streets.
- published: 03 Apr 2019
- views: 788
0:48
Thousands Gather In Monsey For Levaya On Skulener Rebbe
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 0:48
- Uploaded Date: 02 Apr 2019
- views: 1583
- published: 02 Apr 2019
- views: 1583
0:22
Overhead Footage Of Crowd At Skulener Rebbe Levaya
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 0:22
- Uploaded Date: 02 Apr 2019
- views: 3167
- published: 02 Apr 2019
- views: 3167
21:05
Helicopter Footage - Tens of Thousands of Hasidic Jews Crowd Boro Park for Funeral of Skulener Rebbe
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 21:05
- Uploaded Date: 03 Apr 2019
- views: 15200
Tens of thousands of mourners gathered in Brooklyn Tuesday for the funeral of a popular rabbi who survived the Holocaust and despised the internet.
Huge crowd...
Tens of thousands of mourners gathered in Brooklyn Tuesday for the funeral of a popular rabbi who survived the Holocaust and despised the internet.
Huge crowds were pictured in Borough Park for the funeral of The Skulener Rebbe, Rabbi Yisroel Avrohom Portugal, who died aged 95 on Monday in New York City.
Images from the scene shows with as many as an estimated 100,000 mourners lining the streets to pay their respects to the religious leader.
People openly wept as others climbed lampposts and crowds were controlled by a huge police presence and metal fences.
The popular Rabbi and fixture in Brooklyn Hasidic neighborhoods had survived the Nazi death camps and came to the United States in 1960.
He died at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, surrounded by his family, on Monday after being admitted in February.
His body then needed to be transported to Baltimore to Brooklyn, which meant he was unable to be buried on the same day as his death, which is Hasidic custom.
There were chaotic scenes at the funeral where the police lost control of the crowd and the hearse ran over the leg of an NYPD officer, NBC New York reports. Another officer was said to have been hit in the head with a drone.
NYPD police commissioner James P. O'Neill said the officer run over had a possible broken ankle.
O'Neill added: 'There was a drone that came out of the sky and hit a police officer. The drone apparently ran out of gas... and it landed on the officer's head.'
In the 1980s Portugal, a strict opponent of Internet use, would reportedly would set fire to a television each year on the eve of Passover.
In 2013 he was also one of the organizers of the Orthodox anti-Internet rally at Citi Field.
Alexander Rapaport, executive director of the soup kitchen Masbia, told Forward: 'When people came to Boro Park and wanted to see something very Hasidic, they wanted to get a feel of a Hasidic rebbe, they always ended up at Skulen.'
It was announced during the service that those with a smart phone should not touch the body or the coffin, The Lakewood Scoop reports.
Portugal was born in 1924 in Romania to Rabbie Eliezer Zusia Portugal. He founded the Skulen Hasidic dynasty and his son later served as the rebbe of thegroup when his father died in 1982.
Both men had settled in Bucharest following World War II but left Romania for the United States in 1960 after United Nations officials intervened.
A year earlier they had been jailed for teaching Torah and helping Jewish children, reports say.
Assembly Member Simcha Eichenstein said: 'As a community we mourn the petira of the Skulener Rebbe zatzal, one of the last surviving remnants of the pre-Holocaust generation - a leader that was deeply respected by all.
'Rabbi Portugal was a truly inspiring and special individual that we should all aspire to be like.'
Portugal will be buried at a synagogue in Monsey.
His wife, Reizel Portugal, died in 2005. They had eight children together and it is understood Yeshaya Yaakov Portugal, will succeed Yisroel Avrohom Portugal as rebbe of the Skulen Hasidic group.
Yehiel Rosenfeld, 36, has been charged with reckless endangerment after allegedly losing control of his drone.
https://wn.com/Helicopter_Footage_Tens_Of_Thousands_Of_Hasidic_Jews_Crowd_Boro_Park_For_Funeral_Of_Skulener_Rebbe
Tens of thousands of mourners gathered in Brooklyn Tuesday for the funeral of a popular rabbi who survived the Holocaust and despised the internet.
Huge crowds were pictured in Borough Park for the funeral of The Skulener Rebbe, Rabbi Yisroel Avrohom Portugal, who died aged 95 on Monday in New York City.
Images from the scene shows with as many as an estimated 100,000 mourners lining the streets to pay their respects to the religious leader.
People openly wept as others climbed lampposts and crowds were controlled by a huge police presence and metal fences.
The popular Rabbi and fixture in Brooklyn Hasidic neighborhoods had survived the Nazi death camps and came to the United States in 1960.
He died at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, surrounded by his family, on Monday after being admitted in February.
His body then needed to be transported to Baltimore to Brooklyn, which meant he was unable to be buried on the same day as his death, which is Hasidic custom.
There were chaotic scenes at the funeral where the police lost control of the crowd and the hearse ran over the leg of an NYPD officer, NBC New York reports. Another officer was said to have been hit in the head with a drone.
NYPD police commissioner James P. O'Neill said the officer run over had a possible broken ankle.
O'Neill added: 'There was a drone that came out of the sky and hit a police officer. The drone apparently ran out of gas... and it landed on the officer's head.'
In the 1980s Portugal, a strict opponent of Internet use, would reportedly would set fire to a television each year on the eve of Passover.
In 2013 he was also one of the organizers of the Orthodox anti-Internet rally at Citi Field.
Alexander Rapaport, executive director of the soup kitchen Masbia, told Forward: 'When people came to Boro Park and wanted to see something very Hasidic, they wanted to get a feel of a Hasidic rebbe, they always ended up at Skulen.'
It was announced during the service that those with a smart phone should not touch the body or the coffin, The Lakewood Scoop reports.
Portugal was born in 1924 in Romania to Rabbie Eliezer Zusia Portugal. He founded the Skulen Hasidic dynasty and his son later served as the rebbe of thegroup when his father died in 1982.
Both men had settled in Bucharest following World War II but left Romania for the United States in 1960 after United Nations officials intervened.
A year earlier they had been jailed for teaching Torah and helping Jewish children, reports say.
Assembly Member Simcha Eichenstein said: 'As a community we mourn the petira of the Skulener Rebbe zatzal, one of the last surviving remnants of the pre-Holocaust generation - a leader that was deeply respected by all.
'Rabbi Portugal was a truly inspiring and special individual that we should all aspire to be like.'
Portugal will be buried at a synagogue in Monsey.
His wife, Reizel Portugal, died in 2005. They had eight children together and it is understood Yeshaya Yaakov Portugal, will succeed Yisroel Avrohom Portugal as rebbe of the Skulen Hasidic group.
Yehiel Rosenfeld, 36, has been charged with reckless endangerment after allegedly losing control of his drone.
- published: 03 Apr 2019
- views: 15200
2:40
NYPD Officers Injured During Huge Rabbi Funeral in Boro Park
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:40
- Uploaded Date: 02 Apr 2019
- views: 3891
A hearse ran over the leg of an NYPD officer working crowd control at a huge funeral for a well-known rabbi in Brooklyn Tuesday, while another officer was hit i...
A hearse ran over the leg of an NYPD officer working crowd control at a huge funeral for a well-known rabbi in Brooklyn Tuesday, while another officer was hit in the head with a drone that had apparently run out of gas, police say.
The cop apparently fell while working crowd control at the Borough Park funeral, which was attended by tens of thousands of people, and then got run over by a car in the funeral procession. He had a possible broken ankle, NYPD police commissioner James P. O'Neill said in an afternoon press conference.
Another cop also suffered minor injuries from an errant drone."There was a drone that came out of the sky and hit a police officer," O'Neill said. "The drone apparently ran out of gas... and it landed on the officer's head."
O'Neill said the drone was being looked at by police and at this stage no charges were being laid.
The funeral was for Rabbi Yisroel Avrohom Portugal, who died at the age of 95. He was born in 1924 in Romania to Rabbie Eliezer Zusia Portugal who founded the Skulen Hasidic dynasty.
Father and son settled in Bucharest following World War II and in 1959 they were imprisoned for teaching Torah and helping Jewish children, according to Assembly Member Simcha Eichenstein.
They left Romania for the United States in 1960 after intervention by the U.S. State Department and Sen. Robert “Scoop” Jackson, Eichestein said.
“As a community we mourn the petira of the Skulener Rebbe zatzal, one of the last surviving remnants of the pre-Holocaust generation - a leader that was deeply respected by all,” Eichenstein said in a press release. “Rabbi Portugal was a truly inspiring and special individual that we should all aspire to be like.”
Law enforcement sources also say there was another injury when a drone that was flying overhead apparently hit another police officer in the head.
Thousands were expected to show up for Rabbi Portugal's funeral. Images from the scene captured an immense crowd lining the streets.
https://wn.com/Nypd_Officers_Injured_During_Huge_Rabbi_Funeral_In_Boro_Park
A hearse ran over the leg of an NYPD officer working crowd control at a huge funeral for a well-known rabbi in Brooklyn Tuesday, while another officer was hit in the head with a drone that had apparently run out of gas, police say.
The cop apparently fell while working crowd control at the Borough Park funeral, which was attended by tens of thousands of people, and then got run over by a car in the funeral procession. He had a possible broken ankle, NYPD police commissioner James P. O'Neill said in an afternoon press conference.
Another cop also suffered minor injuries from an errant drone."There was a drone that came out of the sky and hit a police officer," O'Neill said. "The drone apparently ran out of gas... and it landed on the officer's head."
O'Neill said the drone was being looked at by police and at this stage no charges were being laid.
The funeral was for Rabbi Yisroel Avrohom Portugal, who died at the age of 95. He was born in 1924 in Romania to Rabbie Eliezer Zusia Portugal who founded the Skulen Hasidic dynasty.
Father and son settled in Bucharest following World War II and in 1959 they were imprisoned for teaching Torah and helping Jewish children, according to Assembly Member Simcha Eichenstein.
They left Romania for the United States in 1960 after intervention by the U.S. State Department and Sen. Robert “Scoop” Jackson, Eichestein said.
“As a community we mourn the petira of the Skulener Rebbe zatzal, one of the last surviving remnants of the pre-Holocaust generation - a leader that was deeply respected by all,” Eichenstein said in a press release. “Rabbi Portugal was a truly inspiring and special individual that we should all aspire to be like.”
Law enforcement sources also say there was another injury when a drone that was flying overhead apparently hit another police officer in the head.
Thousands were expected to show up for Rabbi Portugal's funeral. Images from the scene captured an immense crowd lining the streets.
- published: 02 Apr 2019
- views: 3891
1:09
Skulen Rabbi Funeral in Boro Park, Brooklyn
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:09
- Uploaded Date: 02 Apr 2019
- views: 4689
A hearse ran over the leg of an NYPD officer working crowd control at a huge funeral for a well-known rabbi in Brooklyn Tuesday, while another officer was hit i...
A hearse ran over the leg of an NYPD officer working crowd control at a huge funeral for a well-known rabbi in Brooklyn Tuesday, while another officer was hit in the head with a drone that had apparently run out of gas, police say.
The cop apparently fell while working crowd control at the Borough Park funeral, which was attended by tens of thousands of people, and then got run over by a car in the funeral procession. He had a possible broken ankle, NYPD police commissioner James P. O'Neill said in an afternoon press conference.
Another cop also suffered minor injuries from an errant drone."There was a drone that came out of the sky and hit a police officer," O'Neill said. "The drone apparently ran out of gas... and it landed on the officer's head."
O'Neill said the drone was being looked at by police and at this stage no charges were being laid.
The funeral was for Rabbi Yisroel Avrohom Portugal, who died at the age of 95. He was born in 1924 in Romania to Rabbie Eliezer Zusia Portugal who founded the Skulen Hasidic dynasty.
Father and son settled in Bucharest following World War II and in 1959 they were imprisoned for teaching Torah and helping Jewish children, according to Assembly Member Simcha Eichenstein.
They left Romania for the United States in 1960 after intervention by the U.S. State Department and Sen. Robert “Scoop” Jackson, Eichestein said.
Man in Infamous NYC Toddler Beating Death Gets 15 Years
“As a community we mourn the petira of the Skulener Rebbe zatzal, one of the last surviving remnants of the pre-Holocaust generation - a leader that was deeply respected by all,” Eichenstein said in a press release. “Rabbi Portugal was a truly inspiring and special individual that we should all aspire to be like.”
Law enforcement sources also say there was another injury when a drone that was flying overhead apparently hit another police officer in the head.
Thousands were expected to show up for Rabbi Portugal's funeral. Images from the scene captured an immense crowd lining the streets.
https://wn.com/Skulen_Rabbi_Funeral_In_Boro_Park,_Brooklyn
A hearse ran over the leg of an NYPD officer working crowd control at a huge funeral for a well-known rabbi in Brooklyn Tuesday, while another officer was hit in the head with a drone that had apparently run out of gas, police say.
The cop apparently fell while working crowd control at the Borough Park funeral, which was attended by tens of thousands of people, and then got run over by a car in the funeral procession. He had a possible broken ankle, NYPD police commissioner James P. O'Neill said in an afternoon press conference.
Another cop also suffered minor injuries from an errant drone."There was a drone that came out of the sky and hit a police officer," O'Neill said. "The drone apparently ran out of gas... and it landed on the officer's head."
O'Neill said the drone was being looked at by police and at this stage no charges were being laid.
The funeral was for Rabbi Yisroel Avrohom Portugal, who died at the age of 95. He was born in 1924 in Romania to Rabbie Eliezer Zusia Portugal who founded the Skulen Hasidic dynasty.
Father and son settled in Bucharest following World War II and in 1959 they were imprisoned for teaching Torah and helping Jewish children, according to Assembly Member Simcha Eichenstein.
They left Romania for the United States in 1960 after intervention by the U.S. State Department and Sen. Robert “Scoop” Jackson, Eichestein said.
Man in Infamous NYC Toddler Beating Death Gets 15 Years
“As a community we mourn the petira of the Skulener Rebbe zatzal, one of the last surviving remnants of the pre-Holocaust generation - a leader that was deeply respected by all,” Eichenstein said in a press release. “Rabbi Portugal was a truly inspiring and special individual that we should all aspire to be like.”
Law enforcement sources also say there was another injury when a drone that was flying overhead apparently hit another police officer in the head.
Thousands were expected to show up for Rabbi Portugal's funeral. Images from the scene captured an immense crowd lining the streets.
- published: 02 Apr 2019
- views: 4689
2:12
Thousands Crowd Boro Park Streets For Rabbi's funeral; 2 NYPD Officers Hurt
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:12
- Uploaded Date: 03 Apr 2019
- views: 408
Tens of thousands of people crowded streets in Brooklyn Tuesday for the funeral of a grand rabbi, and two NYPD officers were hurt in the process.
Officers wer...
Tens of thousands of people crowded streets in Brooklyn Tuesday for the funeral of a grand rabbi, and two NYPD officers were hurt in the process.
Officers were trying to control the massive crowd during the procession from 52nd to 61st streets and 12th to 16th avenues in Borough Park, with some estimating as many as 100,000 mourners in attendance.
Rabbi Yisroel Avrohom Portugal died at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, surrounded by his family, on Monday. He was 95.
https://wn.com/Thousands_Crowd_Boro_Park_Streets_For_Rabbi's_Funeral_2_Nypd_Officers_Hurt
Tens of thousands of people crowded streets in Brooklyn Tuesday for the funeral of a grand rabbi, and two NYPD officers were hurt in the process.
Officers were trying to control the massive crowd during the procession from 52nd to 61st streets and 12th to 16th avenues in Borough Park, with some estimating as many as 100,000 mourners in attendance.
Rabbi Yisroel Avrohom Portugal died at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, surrounded by his family, on Monday. He was 95.
- published: 03 Apr 2019
- views: 408
1:31
Thousands line the streets of Borough Park for rabbi's funeral
BOROUGH PARK - Thousands lined the streets of Borough Park Tuesday for the funeral of a po...
published: 02 Apr 2019
Thousands line the streets of Borough Park for rabbi's funeral
Thousands line the streets of Borough Park for rabbi's funeral
- Report rights infringement
- published: 02 Apr 2019
- views: 3686
BOROUGH PARK - Thousands lined the streets of Borough Park Tuesday for the funeral of a popular rabbi.
Rabbi Yisroel Avrohom Portugal, who was born in Romania, died at Johns Hopkins Memorial Hospital Monday at the age of 95. He took over as Skulener rebbe from his father.
Community members prayed and stayed by the Skulener rebbe's bedside around the clock.
The rebbe survived the Holocaust and went on to lead the Skulen synagogue for many years. He's remembered as a man who had integrity, respect and knowledge.
His final resting place is in Monsey, Rockland County.
0:50
Thousands Attend Funeral For Rabbi In Boro Park, Brooklyn
Crowds of mourners lined the streets to remember and celebrate the life of rabbi Yisroel A...
published: 02 Apr 2019
Thousands Attend Funeral For Rabbi In Boro Park, Brooklyn
Thousands Attend Funeral For Rabbi In Boro Park, Brooklyn
- Report rights infringement
- published: 02 Apr 2019
- views: 4100
Crowds of mourners lined the streets to remember and celebrate the life of rabbi Yisroel Avrohom Portugal. CBS2's Jim Smith reports.
3:16
Largest Jewish Funeral in American History - Levaya of Skulener Rebbe | מסע הלוויה - האדמו"ר מסקולען
The Brooklyn neighborhood of Boro Park is all but shutting down on Wednesday to mark the d...
published: 04 Apr 2019
Largest Jewish Funeral in American History - Levaya of Skulener Rebbe | מסע הלוויה - האדמו"ר מסקולען
Largest Jewish Funeral in American History - Levaya of Skulener Rebbe | מסע הלוויה - האדמו"ר מסקולען
- Report rights infringement
- published: 04 Apr 2019
- views: 34374
The Brooklyn neighborhood of Boro Park is all but shutting down on Wednesday to mark the death of Rabbi Yisroel Avrohom Portugal, 95, the last Holocaust-era rebbe to lead a significant Hasidic sect.
Portugal, who served as the rebbe of the Skulen Hasidic group since his father’s death in 1982, was imprisoned in Romania in the late 1950s while aiding Holocaust orphans there. He died Monday at Johns Hopkins University Medical Center in Baltimore.
Some neighborhood yeshivas are closed to mark Portugal’s death, and police reported significant traffic and street closures in advance of the funeral. Social media posts show massive crowds filling the streets in Boro Park. After the funeral, Portugal will be buried at a synagogue in Monsey.
The crowds at the funerals are expected to be particularly large, in part because the need to transport Portugal’s body from Baltimore to Brooklyn meant that the funeral could not be held the same day as his death, which is often the practice in Hasidic communities.
The rebbe of a small Hasidic group, Portugal led no yeshiva, and controlled no large religious institutions. But he was a major figure in the Hasidic community; a lingering tie to pre-Holocaust Europe in an era when the leaders of the major Hasidic sects were born in the U.S. and Israel. Hasidic Jews who follow other rebbes often visited Portugal seeking his blessing.
Portugal was a strict opponent of Internet use, and was one of the organizers of the Orthodox anti-Internet rally at Citi Field in 2013. In the 1980s, Portugal would set fire to a television each year on the eve of Passover, along with the leftover bread that Jews dispose of before the holiday. Alexander Rapaport, executive director of the soup kitchen Masbia, whose grandparents lived across the street from Portugal, said that the rabbi would give blessings in return for promises to follow Jewish law and tradition, and that the televisions came from petitioners who had gotten rid of them at Portugal’s request.
“It always radiated warmth,” Rapaport said of Skulen, Portugal’s small community. “When people came to Boro Park and wanted to see something very Hasidic, they wanted to get a feel of a Hasidic rebbe, they always ended up at Skulen.”
According to most accounts, Portugal and his father left Sculeni, the community in Moldova from which their sect derives its name, before the outbreak of the Second World War. They spent the war in the Ukrainian city of Chernowitz, facing persecution there from both the Germans and the Soviets, who occupied the city at different times. After the war they traveled to Bucharest, Romania, where they sought and cared for Jewish war orphans, and aided the small remaining Jewish communities. Portugal’s father was arrested multiple times.
In April of 1959, Romanian authorities arrested both Portugal and his father for suspected treason. Jewish groups in the U.S. raised concerns about the arrest. According to a 1960 report from the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, United Nations officials intervened to secure the release of the two rabbis, and the U.S. State Department offered them citizenship. They were released in September of 1959, and arrived in the U.S. in August of 1960.
Portugal was known for composing tunes to the Psalms; some of his compositions are sung throughout the Hasidic community. Though he had no yeshiva, he leads a school for children in need in Israel.
Portugal’s wife, Reizel Portugal, died in 2005. He had eight children. According to the Lakewood Scoop, his eldest son, Yeshaya Yaakov Portugal, who lives in Montreal, will succeed Yisroel Avrohom Portugal as rebbe of the Skulen Hasidic group. Other sons lead local Skulen communities.
#Skulen #SkulenerRebbe #RabbiFuneral #סקולען
0:50
Thousands Fill the Streets of Boro park for Beloved Rabbi’s Funeral
A hearse ran over the leg of an NYPD officer working crowd control at a huge funeral for a...
published: 03 Apr 2019
Thousands Fill the Streets of Boro park for Beloved Rabbi’s Funeral
Thousands Fill the Streets of Boro park for Beloved Rabbi’s Funeral
- Report rights infringement
- published: 03 Apr 2019
- views: 788
A hearse ran over the leg of an NYPD officer working crowd control at a huge funeral for a well-known rabbi in Brooklyn Tuesday, while another officer was hit in the head with a drone that had apparently run out of gas, police say.
The cop apparently fell while working crowd control at the Borough Park funeral, which was attended by tens of thousands of people, and then got run over by a car in the funeral procession. He had a possible broken ankle, NYPD police commissioner James P. O'Neill said in an afternoon press conference.
Another cop also suffered minor injuries from an errant drone."There was a drone that came out of the sky and hit a police officer," O'Neill said. "The drone apparently ran out of gas... and it landed on the officer's head."
O'Neill said the drone was being looked at by police and at this stage no charges were being laid.
The funeral was for Rabbi Yisroel Avrohom Portugal, who died at the age of 95. He was born in 1924 in Romania to Rabbie Eliezer Zusia Portugal who founded the Skulen Hasidic dynasty.
Father and son settled in Bucharest following World War II and in 1959 they were imprisoned for teaching Torah and helping Jewish children, according to Assembly Member Simcha Eichenstein.
They left Romania for the United States in 1960 after intervention by the U.S. State Department and Sen. Robert “Scoop” Jackson, Eichestein said.
“As a community we mourn the petira of the Skulener Rebbe zatzal, one of the last surviving remnants of the pre-Holocaust generation - a leader that was deeply respected by all,” Eichenstein said in a press release. “Rabbi Portugal was a truly inspiring and special individual that we should all aspire to be like.”
Law enforcement sources also say there was another injury when a drone that was flying overhead apparently hit another police officer in the head.
Thousands were expected to show up for Rabbi Portugal's funeral. Images from the scene captured an immense crowd lining the streets.
0:48
Thousands Gather In Monsey For Levaya On Skulener Rebbe
published: 02 Apr 2019
Thousands Gather In Monsey For Levaya On Skulener Rebbe
Thousands Gather In Monsey For Levaya On Skulener Rebbe
- Report rights infringement
- published: 02 Apr 2019
- views: 1583
0:22
Overhead Footage Of Crowd At Skulener Rebbe Levaya
published: 02 Apr 2019
Overhead Footage Of Crowd At Skulener Rebbe Levaya
Overhead Footage Of Crowd At Skulener Rebbe Levaya
- Report rights infringement
- published: 02 Apr 2019
- views: 3167
21:05
Helicopter Footage - Tens of Thousands of Hasidic Jews Crowd Boro Park for Funeral of Skulener Rebbe
Tens of thousands of mourners gathered in Brooklyn Tuesday for the funeral of a popular ra...
published: 03 Apr 2019
Helicopter Footage - Tens of Thousands of Hasidic Jews Crowd Boro Park for Funeral of Skulener Rebbe
Helicopter Footage - Tens of Thousands of Hasidic Jews Crowd Boro Park for Funeral of Skulener Rebbe
- Report rights infringement
- published: 03 Apr 2019
- views: 15200
Tens of thousands of mourners gathered in Brooklyn Tuesday for the funeral of a popular rabbi who survived the Holocaust and despised the internet.
Huge crowds were pictured in Borough Park for the funeral of The Skulener Rebbe, Rabbi Yisroel Avrohom Portugal, who died aged 95 on Monday in New York City.
Images from the scene shows with as many as an estimated 100,000 mourners lining the streets to pay their respects to the religious leader.
People openly wept as others climbed lampposts and crowds were controlled by a huge police presence and metal fences.
The popular Rabbi and fixture in Brooklyn Hasidic neighborhoods had survived the Nazi death camps and came to the United States in 1960.
He died at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, surrounded by his family, on Monday after being admitted in February.
His body then needed to be transported to Baltimore to Brooklyn, which meant he was unable to be buried on the same day as his death, which is Hasidic custom.
There were chaotic scenes at the funeral where the police lost control of the crowd and the hearse ran over the leg of an NYPD officer, NBC New York reports. Another officer was said to have been hit in the head with a drone.
NYPD police commissioner James P. O'Neill said the officer run over had a possible broken ankle.
O'Neill added: 'There was a drone that came out of the sky and hit a police officer. The drone apparently ran out of gas... and it landed on the officer's head.'
In the 1980s Portugal, a strict opponent of Internet use, would reportedly would set fire to a television each year on the eve of Passover.
In 2013 he was also one of the organizers of the Orthodox anti-Internet rally at Citi Field.
Alexander Rapaport, executive director of the soup kitchen Masbia, told Forward: 'When people came to Boro Park and wanted to see something very Hasidic, they wanted to get a feel of a Hasidic rebbe, they always ended up at Skulen.'
It was announced during the service that those with a smart phone should not touch the body or the coffin, The Lakewood Scoop reports.
Portugal was born in 1924 in Romania to Rabbie Eliezer Zusia Portugal. He founded the Skulen Hasidic dynasty and his son later served as the rebbe of thegroup when his father died in 1982.
Both men had settled in Bucharest following World War II but left Romania for the United States in 1960 after United Nations officials intervened.
A year earlier they had been jailed for teaching Torah and helping Jewish children, reports say.
Assembly Member Simcha Eichenstein said: 'As a community we mourn the petira of the Skulener Rebbe zatzal, one of the last surviving remnants of the pre-Holocaust generation - a leader that was deeply respected by all.
'Rabbi Portugal was a truly inspiring and special individual that we should all aspire to be like.'
Portugal will be buried at a synagogue in Monsey.
His wife, Reizel Portugal, died in 2005. They had eight children together and it is understood Yeshaya Yaakov Portugal, will succeed Yisroel Avrohom Portugal as rebbe of the Skulen Hasidic group.
Yehiel Rosenfeld, 36, has been charged with reckless endangerment after allegedly losing control of his drone.
2:40
NYPD Officers Injured During Huge Rabbi Funeral in Boro Park
A hearse ran over the leg of an NYPD officer working crowd control at a huge funeral for a...
published: 02 Apr 2019
NYPD Officers Injured During Huge Rabbi Funeral in Boro Park
NYPD Officers Injured During Huge Rabbi Funeral in Boro Park
- Report rights infringement
- published: 02 Apr 2019
- views: 3891
A hearse ran over the leg of an NYPD officer working crowd control at a huge funeral for a well-known rabbi in Brooklyn Tuesday, while another officer was hit in the head with a drone that had apparently run out of gas, police say.
The cop apparently fell while working crowd control at the Borough Park funeral, which was attended by tens of thousands of people, and then got run over by a car in the funeral procession. He had a possible broken ankle, NYPD police commissioner James P. O'Neill said in an afternoon press conference.
Another cop also suffered minor injuries from an errant drone."There was a drone that came out of the sky and hit a police officer," O'Neill said. "The drone apparently ran out of gas... and it landed on the officer's head."
O'Neill said the drone was being looked at by police and at this stage no charges were being laid.
The funeral was for Rabbi Yisroel Avrohom Portugal, who died at the age of 95. He was born in 1924 in Romania to Rabbie Eliezer Zusia Portugal who founded the Skulen Hasidic dynasty.
Father and son settled in Bucharest following World War II and in 1959 they were imprisoned for teaching Torah and helping Jewish children, according to Assembly Member Simcha Eichenstein.
They left Romania for the United States in 1960 after intervention by the U.S. State Department and Sen. Robert “Scoop” Jackson, Eichestein said.
“As a community we mourn the petira of the Skulener Rebbe zatzal, one of the last surviving remnants of the pre-Holocaust generation - a leader that was deeply respected by all,” Eichenstein said in a press release. “Rabbi Portugal was a truly inspiring and special individual that we should all aspire to be like.”
Law enforcement sources also say there was another injury when a drone that was flying overhead apparently hit another police officer in the head.
Thousands were expected to show up for Rabbi Portugal's funeral. Images from the scene captured an immense crowd lining the streets.
1:09
Skulen Rabbi Funeral in Boro Park, Brooklyn
A hearse ran over the leg of an NYPD officer working crowd control at a huge funeral for a...
published: 02 Apr 2019
Skulen Rabbi Funeral in Boro Park, Brooklyn
Skulen Rabbi Funeral in Boro Park, Brooklyn
- Report rights infringement
- published: 02 Apr 2019
- views: 4689
A hearse ran over the leg of an NYPD officer working crowd control at a huge funeral for a well-known rabbi in Brooklyn Tuesday, while another officer was hit in the head with a drone that had apparently run out of gas, police say.
The cop apparently fell while working crowd control at the Borough Park funeral, which was attended by tens of thousands of people, and then got run over by a car in the funeral procession. He had a possible broken ankle, NYPD police commissioner James P. O'Neill said in an afternoon press conference.
Another cop also suffered minor injuries from an errant drone."There was a drone that came out of the sky and hit a police officer," O'Neill said. "The drone apparently ran out of gas... and it landed on the officer's head."
O'Neill said the drone was being looked at by police and at this stage no charges were being laid.
The funeral was for Rabbi Yisroel Avrohom Portugal, who died at the age of 95. He was born in 1924 in Romania to Rabbie Eliezer Zusia Portugal who founded the Skulen Hasidic dynasty.
Father and son settled in Bucharest following World War II and in 1959 they were imprisoned for teaching Torah and helping Jewish children, according to Assembly Member Simcha Eichenstein.
They left Romania for the United States in 1960 after intervention by the U.S. State Department and Sen. Robert “Scoop” Jackson, Eichestein said.
Man in Infamous NYC Toddler Beating Death Gets 15 Years
“As a community we mourn the petira of the Skulener Rebbe zatzal, one of the last surviving remnants of the pre-Holocaust generation - a leader that was deeply respected by all,” Eichenstein said in a press release. “Rabbi Portugal was a truly inspiring and special individual that we should all aspire to be like.”
Law enforcement sources also say there was another injury when a drone that was flying overhead apparently hit another police officer in the head.
Thousands were expected to show up for Rabbi Portugal's funeral. Images from the scene captured an immense crowd lining the streets.
2:12
Thousands Crowd Boro Park Streets For Rabbi's funeral; 2 NYPD Officers Hurt
Tens of thousands of people crowded streets in Brooklyn Tuesday for the funeral of a grand...
published: 03 Apr 2019
Thousands Crowd Boro Park Streets For Rabbi's funeral; 2 NYPD Officers Hurt
Thousands Crowd Boro Park Streets For Rabbi's funeral; 2 NYPD Officers Hurt
- Report rights infringement
- published: 03 Apr 2019
- views: 408
Tens of thousands of people crowded streets in Brooklyn Tuesday for the funeral of a grand rabbi, and two NYPD officers were hurt in the process.
Officers were trying to control the massive crowd during the procession from 52nd to 61st streets and 12th to 16th avenues in Borough Park, with some estimating as many as 100,000 mourners in attendance.
Rabbi Yisroel Avrohom Portugal died at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, surrounded by his family, on Monday. He was 95.
Yisroel Avrohom Portugal
Yisroel Avrohom Portugal (or Israel Abraham Portugal) (born June 2, 1925) son of Rabbi Eliezer Zusia Portugal and his first wife, Sheina Rachel, is the Rebbe (Grand Rabbi) of Skulen in Brooklyn, New York.
In his youth, he studied in Vizhnitz under the Vizhnitzer Rebbe, Rabbi Eliezer Hager.
Currently, Rabbi Portugal lives primarily in the Boro Park section of Brooklyn but spends some time including about half of the Jewish holidays in Williamsburg, Brooklyn where his father lived. He is widely sought after for his blessings and advice. He is known for lacking involvement in bodily pleasures (due to his lack of sleep and eating no more than a meal a day) and for his humble nature. He is also known for his constant battle against practices he does not approve of for Jews, such as possessing a television or a computer with internet service, and even the growing of their hair (except for boys under three and unmarried girls, as in Hasidic tradition).
Following his father, he is a habituated composer of Hasidic songs. He always (except on Shabbat and Jewish Holidays) carries with him a small tape recorder to record any new tune that would come to his mind. He has already composed thousands of songs. Most are forgotten after they are recorded, but many of them are sung at his tishen, and a handful of them have become classics in the Hasidic community.
This page contains text from Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia - https://wn.com/Yisroel_Avrohom_Portugal
Thousands line the streets of Borough Park for rab...
Thousands Attend Funeral For Rabbi In Boro Park, B...
Largest Jewish Funeral in American History - Levay...
Thousands Fill the Streets of Boro park for Belove...
Thousands Gather In Monsey For Levaya On Skulener ...
Overhead Footage Of Crowd At Skulener Rebbe Levaya...
Helicopter Footage - Tens of Thousands of Hasidic ...
NYPD Officers Injured During Huge Rabbi Funeral in...
Skulen Rabbi Funeral in Boro Park, Brooklyn...
Thousands Crowd Boro Park Streets For Rabbi's fune...
Latest News for: yisroel avrohom portugal
- 1