The NYPD’s 101st Precinct is investigating after a safe containing a Sefer Torah was stolen from a yeshiva in Far Rockaway.
The burglary occurred in the wee hours of Tuesday morning when a pair of thieves broke into the yeshiva before making off with the safe.
Rockaway Nassau Safety Patrol (Shomrim) released the video below of the theft.
A vehicle with the license plate tag DMS-6624 is being searched for in connection with the theft.
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Very freaky, but sadly having been bereft of the שמירה of their beloved esteemed ראש-ישיבה , bad luck struck way too soon.
or maybe something as simple as burglar hating this week’s פרשה reading לא-תגנבו
@147 This is not YFR, the rosh yeshiva here still lives.
@147, this was a yeshiva IN Far Rockaway, not Yeshiva OF Far Rockaway.
Let’s hope and daven that this Sefer Torah is returned quickly, safe and whole.
This is not YFR, the rosh yeshiva here still lives.
I’m sure the Rosh Yeshiva is also pleased to hear the news that he is still here. In any event, the lesson is that these safes need to be bolted from the inside to a structural beam that would make it difficult to remove. Hopefully, the thieves will find that its difficult to sell a stolen sefer torah and it will be recovered without damage.