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Tchernobyl Hasid Killed in Moldova Car Crash at Age 29
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First reported by Behadrei Haredim · Jun 24, 2026
What happened
Rabbi Akiva Rand, a 29-year-old Tchernobyl Hasid from Jerusalem, was killed in a car crash in Chisinau, Moldova, while traveling to a gravesite visit on the 9th of Tammuz. His companions were injured, police are investigating, and ZAKA is arranging his burial in Israel.
- 01Rabbi Akiva Rand, 29, died in a single-car crash in Chisinau, Moldova.
- 02He was traveling with Hasidim to a gravesite on the 9th of Tammuz.
- 03His passengers were injured and police are investigating the accident.
- 04ZAKA is trying to bring his body to Israel for burial.
- 05Rand lived in Jerusalem, studied in Tchernobyl institutions, and left behind a wife and two children.
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