Assemblyman Dov Hikind (D-Brooklyn) was outraged to learn that a van full of shaimos had been abandoned in Borough Park.
A resident of the community called the Assemblyman this morning to complain of a van that had been parked in the community since Pesach.
When a member of the Assemblyman’s staff went to investigate, he discovered a box van with out-of-state license plates that had received several parking tickets.
A look inside revealed that the back of the van was full of boxes containing shaimos (books or other sacred objects which can no longer be used but may not be destroyed).
“This is not the first time that con artists have pulled this kind of stunt,” said Assemblyman Hikind. “The disposal of shaimos is often done around Pesach when people are cleaning and they have no idea who it is that’s accepting their packages of shaimos on the streets. It’s a cash-and-carry business that’s ripe for scammers. What an absolute disgrace.”
The Assemblyman is working with local law enforcement who are looking into the matter.
Do you really judge a person’s worth based on their spelling and grammar, or knowledge of English?!!! One ought not to judge another whatsoever, nevermind based on something so trivial. I would be more concerned with a person’s concern for their fellow, and the kindness they show to others. Moreover, he/she may have an in-depth education in Torah and menchlichkeit, without being “educated” in English, though having scholarly knowledge of Loshon HaKodesh, Aramaic & Yiddish. The last comment of your post begs multiple questions, least of which is what group do you refer to, and most of which is how… Read more »
Dov Hikind isn’t playing with anyone. A Boro Parker called his office about an abandoned truck, which is exactly what this was, and they found it full of shaimos with shaimos strewn around the ground like it was garbage… Moreover you can’t spell, you clearly don’t have an education, and your whole SECT of thieves are really the drek.
u guys dont talk b4 u know the story the whole story here is a game and fight between a few competitions this shaimos company wantd to barry the shaimos and they couldnt get the permit right away to barry it so they parked the truck and waited so their competition wantd to get bigger they made up a whole story that they bended the truck who ever that person from dov hikind is is playing along with one of their competition and he is one peace of drek
to 6 why is it a chillul lubavitch if it happend in boro park
This is horrifying! Whoever is in charge of the truck should really apologize, pay the fees, and get a life!
There was an article in the NY Times before Pesach, about the “quaint” customs of Boro Park, and they described the Shemos trucks driving around like they were really going to collect all the “shemos” from people’s homes and give them a respectable burial.
isn’t that what we are supposed to do with Shaimos? I trust that when i give it over it will be burned or buried..i thought that was the correct thing?
hey! thats an arizona license plate!!
what a disgrace. people trust these guys with trucks blindly, paying money for the convenience of them taking care of sheimos for them. shocking that frum people can act this way.
if the truck were set on fire and all the holy writings were burned people would be up in arms but yet just abandoning the truck there with it inside is not bothering people?