Young Chabad Student Wakes From Coma After Week in New York Hospital
Translated & summarized from Kikar HaShabbat by baba
A 17-year-old Chabad yeshiva student, Shneur Zalman Neiman, woke up in a New York hospital after a week in a coma following severe head injuries sustained on Simchat Torah. He was injured at the Chabad World Center in Brooklyn and had been on a ventilator. The news brought joy to his community in Rehovot, Israel, with local officials and rabbis reaching out to offer support and blessings for his recovery. His family asks for continued prayers and good deeds for his healing.
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- Shneur Zalman Neiman, 17, woke from a week-long coma in a New York hospital after severe head injuries.
- He was injured on Simchat Torah at the Chabad World Center in Brooklyn, New York.
- His awakening was met with widespread joy and prayers from the Chabad community.
- Rehovot Mayor Matan Diel spoke with Neiman's family to offer his blessings.
- Senior Rabbi Menachem Mendel Gluchovsky also conveyed well wishes via video call.
- Neiman's family requests continued prayers and good deeds for his full recovery.
Shneur Zalman Neiman, a 17-year-old Chabad yeshiva student from Rehovot, Israel, has awoken from a week-long medically induced coma in a New York hospital. Neiman had sustained severe head injuries on Simchat Torah while at the Chabad World Center in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. He was subsequently hospitalized and placed on a ventilator.
His awakening on Tuesday night, after prayers for his recovery from the Chabad community and the wider Jewish public, was met with great joy. His Hebrew name for prayer was Shneur Zalman, son of Talya Natasha. The vice mayor of Rehovot, Rabbi Aryeh Lipsker, who is also a Chabad follower and is currently in New York, visited Neiman and his family at the hospital. Lipsker then connected Rehovot Mayor Matan Diel via phone to share the happy news and offer blessings.
The mayor spoke with the family, expressing his excitement over the encouraging development and wishing Neiman a swift and complete recovery. Rabbi Menachem Mendel Gluchovsky, a senior Chabad rabbi and the head of the Rehovot Chabad community, also conveyed his well wishes via a live video call, expressing the community's joy and love for Neiman.
Neiman's family is urging the public to continue praying and performing good deeds for his benefit, emphasizing that he still has a long road to recovery and requires spiritual support for a full healing.
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