BNEI BRAK (VINnews) — Two sisters, ages 17 and 14, have been missing from their homes for the past week.
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According to the girls’ family, the disappearance occurred after the parents, Tzvi Arie and Leah Sandik, decided to move out of the Gerrer community in Ashdod. They say community leaders suspected that they were planning to join the community of Rav Shaul Alter.
The parents say that Gerrer authorities were allegedly in close contact with the girls, persuaded them to oppose their parents’ decision and flee from home, and arranged special living accommodations. They say the girls, 17-year-old Esti and 14-year-old Ricky underwent brainwashing for months by mentors with senior positions in Ger, including women from their educational staff at their seminary, who instructed them to flee the home as soon as their parents tried to leave the community.
According to Israeli media reports, the family recently has felt disconnected from Chassidus, and they apparently considered the possibility of joining the “breakaway” community led by Rav Shaul Alter, however they did not take any real steps to join.
The family reportedly decreased contact and involvement with the Gerrer community in general, and decided to move from Ashdod to Bnei Brak and send their children to Chassidishe yeshivos there.
The parents say that community leaders and yeshiva faculty urged the children to defy their parents. The family’s 12-year-old boy said that one of his teachers told him: “You have no father or mother, you have to do what the Vaad says.” In addition, the girls’ older married siblings who remain connected with the Gerrer Chassidus helped persuade them to abscond from home.
According to the report, the parents even assured the 17 year old that she could continue to study in the Gerrer seminary in Ashdod, and offered to arrange transportation.
About two weeks ago, both daughters did not return home one evening. Late that night the younger one called from a blocked number, said “I am fine”, and hung up.
The next day the two girls returned home.
Then to their horror, a week ago the parents woke up and saw that the two girls were gone, and they saw a ladder placed near the girls’ bedroom window.
The parents have gone to court, and the court is involved in the matter, however the details have not been disclosed.
One follower of the Gerrer Chassidus denied any involvement in the disappearance, and claimed that it is an internal family matter.
The police confirmed that an investigation is ongoing, and that the parties accused have denied any involvement.
PLEASE NOTE: KLAL YISROEL IS NOT CHASHUD ON SUCH A HORRIFIC MATTER TO CONVINCE GIRLS TO GO AWAY FROM THEIR PARENTS
I thought Lev Tahor was bad, but this isn’t much better….
Ger has perverted what Chasidus is. they are a Chilul Hashem. do you think for a momnet Hashem has Naches Riach from their behavior.
They are willing destroy peoples lives all for petty machlokos and competition. small minded midgets of corrupted men who claim be GOD.
its time to end the senseless blind worshipping of Rebbes and their henchman. time to return the the Bashefer
Why does almost every story end with a GoFundMe link? What will these funds be used for? I like to know what I’m helping with.
If this isn’t a cult, I don’t know what is. Insanity!!
Chulil hashem
What kind of craziness is this, as long as they are shomrai Torah umitzvois, why is it anyone’s business?
The wedding that was a super spreader of Corona in NY, the constant fighting and expelling children from schools, etc, Maybe Eisav wasn’t such a bad guy…he too wore a fur and wanted to kill his brother! Ger is crystallized Chillul Hashem.. Yuk
Ger = Lev Tahor.
It’s all the same!
Shame on ger big cult
This story is absolutely sickening. I understand everyone has there opinion. While these tactics are sometimes used in situations where parents may go OTD*, this is a situation where the parents are still going to be shommer shabbos and the like. I’m mortified
The story makes me feel that the Ger are a cult, which I do not want to believe is true.
* I am not saying that in situations where a parent goes OTD this approach is corrrect, rather I can see why it might be considered acceptable and I think it would be very much a case by case situation
Sickening.
I’m sure the heilegeh Imrei Emes- from the undisputed gedolei hador of prewar europe – is shepping nachas right now…
NOT
Who said the Jewish mafia is dead?
I am sure even gur is not this bad. But they don’t make up such stories about me. Something is rotten there. As the kutzka said der velt shtinkt. And gur stinks
The world of Ger has never been in so much turmoil as witnessed over the last year or so. Remove the problem and return to normalcy……
“KLAL YISROEL IS NOT CHASHUD ON SUCH A HORRIFIC MATTER TO CONVINCE GIRLS TO GO AWAY FROM THEIR PARENTS”
Wow, so the Gerrers are not part of klal yisrael. How nice to own the absolute truth, I wish you well.
Its either family dispute politicized or its a polical dispute familyized
Probably politics details seem very murky and weird
Great job ger
I verified a bit cuz it didn’t sit well with me..the parents are abusive and locked the kids in the room with no food or bathroom. The kids called for help and maybe were rescued with a ladder. They obviously couldn’t escape through the door since they were locked up. The ladder confirms that. Ps. I personally know the ppl.who started the go fund me page. They are raking it in right now, laughing at your naïveté!
2 girls from a Gerrer hasidic family recently disappeared, reappeared, and then disappeared again – and police say that contrary to rumors, they have not been kidnapped.
According to Kikar Hashabbat, the two girls, daughters of the Sandik family of Bnei Brak, were claimed to be missing after their parents decided to leave the hasidic sect and join a different community. The site also cited a different rumor, which said that there was an attempt to take out a protective order for the girls, due to “violence” perpetrated against them by their father, but that a judge had denied the request.
Attorney Ori Korav, who is representing the girls, said, “This is an internal family conflict between minor girls and their parents, and any attempt to connect this case to the Gerrer hasidic sect is completely unfounded and borders on spreading slander and gossip for the sole purpose of smearing and staining the hasidic group.”
According to him, the girls requested to live with their older sister because of what they claimed they were going through, and “she appeared of her own initiative, twice, at the police station in Ashdod, together with the minors, and announced that the children were with her and signed that she is taking responsibility for them – and therefore any claim of kidnapping is completely unfounded.”
“The minors filed a complaint with the police against their parents for abuse, and the issue is now being dealt with by police and welfare.
Seems like a family fight politicized sad that it was made public
This is well put and is very near the end as all the information needed was very helpful in finding them.
Why are they not quoting the Isreali polices’ statement?
Pretty clear that nothing mentioned above is remotely true
And what’s the other side of the story?
Anyone believes that a ladder was left by the window?! Lol!
In real that doesn’t happen they take it with them smells fishy…politics? Weaponizing a dysfunction family? Dunno just trying to figure it out cause it’s obvs not as published
No judgement any which side. There are two sides to every story. This is personal to this family.
Paid political ads should be labeled as such
COMPLETELY FALSE!!!
“Special living arrangements” no actually they went to their sister home
“police confirmed that an investigation is ongoing, and that the parties accused have denied any involvement”
Actually according to the statement of the isreali police there was no kidnapping involved and there is no investigation as they said that it is a private family matter and unlike vin news they want to respect privacy
The ladder by the window is FABRICATION (anyway why would a ladder be found by the window wouldn’t they take it?!)
I cant believe anybody is taking this story at face value. Happy Healthy children don’t run away from home unless there are major issues. Come on!