Chabad Center in Brooklyn Warns of Missionary Leaflets Hidden in Prayer Books

The Chabad headquarters at 770 Eastern Parkway in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, has recently uncovered a new tactic by Christian missionaries attempting to infiltrate the Jewish community. After months of provocative incidents outside the building, including missionaries wearing Christian symbols and filming inside the synagogue, it was revealed that they have begun secretly inserting leaflets with missionary content inside prayer books and religious texts used by worshippers.

These leaflets, written in Hebrew, appear innocuous at first glance but contain messages aimed at subtly exposing unsuspecting worshippers to missionary ideas. The leadership at 770 described this as a disturbing escalation, exploiting the sanctity of the synagogue and its holy books to spread foreign religious messages.

This discovery follows recent provocations, including a group of missionaries entering the prayer hall to put on tefillin while openly displaying Christian symbols and recording the event. The synagogue's director, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Kretz, stated that local rabbis have strictly forbidden allowing anyone with visible missionary symbols to perform religious rituals inside 770 and have called to halt such activities within the synagogue.

Missionary activists have also been repeatedly setting up stations near 770, reading from their texts, playing music, and broadcasting live on social media to provoke and gain attention. In response to the leaflet incident, Rabbi Kretz issued an urgent warning to worshippers and yeshiva students to be vigilant, advising them not to read any suspicious material found in prayer books but to immediately tear it up and discard it.

The Chabad community continues to confront these ongoing efforts to undermine their religious environment and urges heightened awareness among all who enter the sacred space.