A bear in apparent search of a minyan entered the Ohr Shlomo Chasidic Center, aka the Carlebach Shul, in Pomona on Sunday night, walked around for a bit, and upon finding nobody to join him, left.
Being near wooded areas, bears are not uncommon sightings around the shul, but a bear in the shul isn’t an everyday occurrence. In this case, someone left a door to the shul’s teen minyan room open, providing the oversized mammal with an opportunity to get inside.
Fortunately, the bear was unaware of the kitchen that is right next to the bais medrash and didn’t make it in.
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14 Responses
He has to be a gilgul. Standing up in front of the Aron hakodesh like he’s ready to give a drasha. And then finally emptying the garbage can.
Mr. Grizz discovers Judaism.
He probably had to say Kaddish ?
Wanted to be called up to the Torah as Dov Ber!?
He wanted to vote.
I love it…who knows , maybe a gilgul to be sure…..with this parsha we can deem it to be that of many
Like many others who come to daven, he really is interested in the food and drink after the davening….
OOT folks should b advised that it’s Pomona, Rockland County, NY not Pomona California.
looks like he’s doing bedikas chometz
Not funny. Bears can be dangerous to people.
almost certainly originated from Harriman State Park
And if someone got killed or a sefer Torah was destroyed, what would the headline be?
Even though the shul is affectionately named for R’ Shlomo, ZTL, it is NOT a moderneshe shul where the bear would be counted for minyan or given a kovod (other tan being shown the door). Its also questionable whether he/she (looks like a young juvenile male) would even be invited to stay around for the kiddush club.
I say grin and bear it. Actually, I heard there was a shalom zachor and was looking for the beer
Is the bear bar mitzvah age?