A heavy disaster occurred yesterday in Chicago during a colorful procession on the occasion of US Independence Day, the event was attended by thousands including many Jews, Chabad emissaries set up a stand and privileged Jews to lay tefillin, suddenly shots were heard and everyone began to flee, one of them is Mandy Zalmanov. 17 who engaged in putting on tefillin for Jews, and fled to a nearby house
Mass shooting incidents are not uncommon in the U.S. Yesterday a mass shooting took place again, a young man opened fire at celebrants in Chicago as they marched on the occasion of U.S. Independence Day among the injured were several Jews, at least six dead and 26 wounded. The suspect in the massacre is 22-year-old Robert Crimo.
At the beginning of the event, the shooting began at the celebrants, on a nearby street, a number of Chabad followers stood to win the Jews a tefillin, when the shooting was heard, they fled to a nearby house, one of whom is 17-year-old Mandy Zalmanov, who visits Tefillin every Friday. A Chabad emissary in northwest Indiana, about an hour and a half drive from the scene, tells Behadrei Haredim about the moment his son realized he was at a shooting incident.
“My son immediately realized there was a shooting, he did not see the shooting or the bodies or injured people, he immediately fled with his friends to a nearby house and called me to say that everything is fine, he has talked to me several times since, he is an hour and a half away from me, “He was in New York on the occasion of the Rebbe’s Tammuz Yarzeit, and from there he came to Chicago for a yeshiva, and they asked him from the yeshiva to win over the many.”
Regarding the future, says the father: “We will continue with all our might to win Jews over by putting on tefillin. Of course we do not go into places where there is a fear of danger, but we will certainly continue to stand in public places to win the many, God bless my child.
Brothers Mendi and Yudi Zalmanov laying tefillin in the area
At least six people have been killed and dozens injured in mass shootings during a U.S. Independence Day parade in the Highland Park suburb of Chicago, the Lake County Sheriff’s Office said.
It should be noted that in the annual parade there is a strong Jewish presence, with Chabad which operates Jewish aspects such as a huge menorah in the place, providing additional Jewish experiences to the participants.
Michal Schnowitz, director of the Chabad House in the Central Synagogue of Central Avenue, was outside the Chabad Center located in the heart of the parade route, just four blocks from the shooting range. Suddenly she saw crowds running towards her. “The parade has barely begun. Suddenly I see everyone running towards us,” Schnowitz told Chabad.org. She began urging people to flee to a safe place in a nearby Chabad house. “Come inside, this is a synagogue,” she shouted at the stunned passers-by.