Tag Archive for Tzfat

Four more seriously injured Syrians sent to Israeli Hospital

8 yr-old girl among the 4 Syrians sent to a Ziv Hospital in Northern Israel after they were seriously wounded in their civil war.

A total of 45 Syrians have received treatment at Ziv since Syria’s civil war broke out.

By Gil Ronen

 

Four Syrians including an eight-year-old girl were brought to a hospital in Israel after they were wounded by fighting in the war-torn country, a medical source said on Tuesday.

“Yesterday night an injured eight-year-old girl and her 48-year-old mother were treated for fractures to their arms and legs from shrapnel,” said a spokesman for Ziv hospital in Tzfat, north of the Sea of Galilee. Continue Reading »

Miracle in Tzfat: Boys Find Stolen Torah Scrolls

Three grade school boys accidentally found six stolen Torah scrolls in an abandoned building where they wanted to establish a clubhouse.

Three grade school boys accidentally found six stolen Torah scrolls in an abandoned building where they wanted to establish a clubhouse.

The incredible story unfolded Sunday afternoon when nine-year-old Ariel Chaim Erdstein and three friends entered the ruins of a building and were shocked to discover the Torah scrolls, worth more than $250,000. Thieves stole them after breaking into the Chabad Tzemach Tzedek synagogue during the Sabbath a week ago.

Rabbis, police, 'heroes' and Torah scrolls

Rabbis, police, 'heroes' and Torah scrolls - Israel news photo courtesy of Batya Erdstein

“They ran out afraid that the thieves may have been hiding there also,” Ariel’s mother Batya told Arutz Sheva. Continue Reading »