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Chabad offers prayers through challah bake Proceeds from event to help Israeli medical services
group occupying Gaza, Israelis near the Gaza Strip have been in desperate need of aid. The Chabad of Merrick-Bell- Roughly 1,400 Israelis were more-Wantagh is turning to killed during the attack and challah for more than just com- more than 5,000 were injured, fort food in these times of great according to Magen David turmoil for Israeli citizens as Adom, Israel’s national emerthe war with Hamas rages on. gency medical, disaster, ambuTo h e l p t h o s e l a n c e a n d bl o o d struggling in Israel, bank service. the Chabad hosted a In addition to women’s challah prayer, Chabad’s bread bake on Oct. challah bake is pro24, where particividing aid to the pants engaged in Israeli medical serprayer and solidarivice, with proceeds ty to help their Jewgoing to Magen ish brethren in the David Adom, which Middle East. Accordwill help replenish ing to Chabad Rabbi EMT supplies and Shimon Kramer, the RABBi SHiMON keep ambulances challah bake is one KRAMER running in Israel. of the many mitz- Chabad of MerrickT he Chabad has vahs, or good deeds, Bellmore-Wantagh also helped provide the Chabad is underfood, flashlights taking to help. and other supplies to those in “ E ve r y m i t z va h we d o, Israel who have been displaced means a merit for them to suc- due to the rockets exploding ceed in their mission to keep and other violence. them safe,” Rabbi Kramer said According to Rabbi Kramer, of the Israeli citizens. the support from the South Since the Oct. 7 attack on Shore community has been Israel by Hamas, a terrorist
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Spooky faces, spooky walk in North Merrick At the North Merrick Public Library’s ‘Spooky Walk’ siblings and friends Riley Ferretti, 8, Olivia Zachar 9, Lia Schimmenti 8, Olivia Ferreti, 11, and Ryan Zachar, 11, had a great time meeting Sally and Jack from ‘The Nightmare Before Christmas.’ Story, more photos, Page 3.
Learning all about fire safety at school
North Bellmore, North Merrick fire departments, officials visit elementary schools throughout month of October By JORDAN VALLONE & RACHELE TERRANOVA of the Merrick Herald
The North Bellmore School District had an informative October, thanks to the efforts of school officials and local fire departments. During Fire Prevention Month, the schools welcomed the North Bellmore and North Merrick fire departments, whose members taught kindergartners through third-graders how to prevent fires in their homes, how to talk to their families
about plans for emergencies, and how to escape safely from a home that’s on fire. Throughout the month, fire departments stopped by the district’s schools, four of them in North Bellmore and one in North Merrick. The firefighters brought fire trucks and “smokehouses,” which simulate the conditions of a fire. Fire officials from North Bellmore and North Merrick gave interactive demonstrations during Continued on page 10
hat’s beautiful to see is the unity amongst the entire community.
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