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State civil protection elements rescued the body of a rabbi one kilometer near San Jerónimo village in the municipality of Unión Juárez. This past Friday afternoon, the body of the Jewish Rabbi, Shlomo Erez Helbrans, who died after being dragged by the current of the river, was recovered nin the Shujubal river in Union Juarez.



Photo by Diario Chiapas


The leader of the extremist ultra-Orthodox sect Lev Tahor (Pure Heart) reportedly drowned in a river in Mexico on Friday.


According to the local daily Diario Chiapas, Rabbi Shlomo Erez Helbrans’s body was identified on Friday, after a strong current swept him along the Shujabal River into the town of Unión Juárez. The rabbi, 55, had reportedly been carrying out a ritual immersion in preparation for Shabbat.



Photo by Jorge Lopez

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