*Rabbi Eliyahu Haimof, Accused in Lawsuit of Sexually and Physically Abusing Child, Threatens ZA'AKAH with Lawsuit, Then with Din Torah***
In January ZA'AKAH posted about a lawsuit against Beis Yaakov of 18th Avenue for failure to report abuse allegedly committed by Rabbi Eliyahu Haimof, rabbi of Kahal Lema'an Achai in Boro Park. The complaint alleged that Haimof (named in the suit as Aleksi Khaimov) fondled Plaintiff's genitalia, digitally penetrating her at least twice. The complaint further alleged that Haimof repeatedly beat and threw objects at the alleged victim. Plaintiff alleged in the lawsuit that she appeared in school with visible bruises and twice disclosed to two principals that Haimof had beaten her, but neither of them ever reported it.
In response to ZA'AKAH's posting the allegations against Haimof, he found a lawyer who specializes in debt collection to send ZA'AKAH not only a cease and desist, but a threat that if the post wasn't taken down by the next day ZA'AKAH would be hit with a lawsuit. In its response to this threat, ZA'AKAH reminded this lawyer that not only was the coverage of the case covered by the Fair Reporting Privilege, but that New York has very strong Anti-SLAPP protections, and that the frivolous filing of such a lawsuit would result in steep monetary penalties against his client. No lawsuit was filed.
Instead, ZA'AKAH received a summons to Badatz Mishpitei Yisroel on behalf of the plaintiffs, Rabbi Eliyahu Haimof, and his shul, Khal Lemaan Achai, for defamation, lashon hara, and rechilus. The beis din that issued the summons proudly boasts that it was established by Yisroel Belsky. The same Yisroel Belsky who publicly advocated for Yiddy Kolko despite his notorious abuse of dozens if not hundreds of boys in Camp Agudah and Yeshiva Torah Temima. The same Yisroel Belsky who very publicly destroyed the lives of Yosef Kolko's victim and his family.
This same beis din also summoned the victim of Nechemya Weberman and her husband to a din torah in 2022 so Nechemya Weberman could sue them for compensation and damages. Notably, not too long after that, UTA paid a very large amount of money to the victim to settle the civil lawsuit against itself, Bais Rochel, and Weberman.
In the beis din's latest summons they issue an ikul against ZA'AKAH not to continue being motzie shem ra on Eliyahu Haimof. This is a fundamentally incompatible order with allegations of Lashon Hara which is a statement that is true but nonetheless considered harmful to its subject. If ZA'AKAH doesn't remove its posts about Haimof, the beis din threatens to issue an ex parte Heter Arkaos to Haimof and Lemaan Achai allowing them to pursue action in civil court. Haimof must not have informed them about his initial threats of civil litigation against ZA'AKAH before seeking such a Heter Arkaos.
Finally the beis din summons ends with a threat of seruv against ZA'AKAH. The text reads: If you continue ignoring the beis din, left with no choice it will issue a seruv against you to inform the public of your brazenness toward the beis din.
The chutzpah is all theirs.
The work continues.
9 comments:
Is this the son of Rabbi Yigal Haimov?, then we are not surprised.
Because you wanted to attack me for my Charedi hashkofos you beat up on me for criticizing Belsky as a molester protecting fraud. Now continue doing the right thing & admit I was also right to put another molester protecting fraud, Old Sam Kamenetsky, in the same boat as Belsky!
Haimof learns in Torah Vodaas, Belsky's stomping ground. Guess what? That's where Kirsch hangs out, as another dayan on Kirsch's so called Beis Din - Josh Heber... Systemic support of abusers on the highest level, all under the auspecies of Sruly Reisman! We need to stop the cycle of abuse and speak up. Thank you DIN for keeping our children safe!
https://daattorah.blogspot.com/2016/06/rav-yisroel-reismans-psak-it-is-redifus.html - Reisman is at it again!
Belsky screamed like an angry lunatic to intimidate child victims while Kamenetsky is passive aggressive stealthy
Hey Georgie Weinberger, you're lucky you sold your company to Siemens before they could find out your Rav follows in Belsky's footsteps as molester defender extraordinaire
Chaim Berliner Obermeister should be ashamed of himself. The Gemara warns to not become this type of lawyer because they lie or are otherwise nisht ehrlich. Typical Obermeister behavior like he thinks he's bossing around some kid in Camp Morris or episs azoi
Yigal Haimoff was arrested for a $7 million extortion scheme & might be the Bucharee rabbi who is father in law of Moroccan molester Rabbi Mordechai Benhaim. This molester is named Khaimov. That’s the same spelling as the phony “rabbi” who stole the old Ashkenazi shul in Corona, Queens, from the feeble members, average age 95. His “semicha” is from the non-Orthodox “yeshiva” in Budapest
Why is this guy Eliyahu hoimof sitting in Kollel in torah vadoas ! Shame on the yeshiva . How can this yeshiva be safe for our children . Parents of the yeshiva should demand he be thrown out immediately! Rabbi Reisman do you support child molesters ? Please parents it’s time to speak up ! Let us protect our most vulnerable kids. It is up to us . Reisman and Gotdeiner stop protecting child molesters !
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