What was the 'Sabbath Gentile' from Betar Elite looking for at the Chabad-770 Center in Brooklyn?

June 26, 2017   

There is no one in Beitar Illit who does not know Farej Daher, the Druze security officer of the Haredi city, who also functions as a 'Sabbath genie.' Residents of Beitar Illit know how to tell 'wonderful stories' about him: how he spices up sentences with juicy Yiddish, and even explains with characteristic humor why he is a fan of the Pinsk-Karel court. In addition to his role as the city's security officer, those in the know praise him for his great 'knowledge' and his rich experience in the laws of do's and don'ts for activities on Shabbat by non-Jews. In the past, a unique story was published in the city about the mixing in the city, which, thanks to Farej's vigilance, was corrected well in advance before Shabbat, thus preventing a major desecration of Shabbat in the city of Torah and Hasidism in the Judean Mountains. This week, Farej was spotted near the Chabad World Center-770 in Brooklyn. In honor of what? Well, in light of his acquaintance with the large Chabad community in Betar, and his personal acquaintance with the Chabad representative in the municipality, Yaki Hershkop, during Farge's trip to the US, he decided to come and visit 770, and get to know the world Chabad center up close. Yaki Hershkop, who arrived at the Chabad center like thousands of other Hasidim on the occasion of the Lubavitcher Rebbe's birthday, welcomed him warmly and gave him a tour of the place. Farge, of course, took pictures and published a post in which he wrote: "Dear friends, today I had the honor and pleasure of visiting my friend and colleague Rabbi Yaki Hershkop and his family in Brooklyn. USA and of course I visited the Lubavitcher Rebbe's home - 770!!! A great experience!" • Will he now abandon Pinsk Karlin in favor of Chabad? Farage: "God forbid. I am not leaving Pinsk. There is no one on Pinsk.".