The Muslim “Day of Ashura” took place on Shabbos, July 5, this year. On this day, Sunni Muslims celebrate, among many other things, the splitting of the Yam Suf by “Prophet Moses,” the landing of the ark of “Prophet Nuh” (Noach), and the emergence of “Prophet Yonah” from the belly of the fish.
In contrast, for Shia Muslims, Ashura is a solemn day: it is a day of mourning, commemorating the anniversary of the killing of Imam Hussein, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, during the Battle of Karbala in October 680 CE.
During the Ashura events that took place yesterday in Beirut, in the Dahieh quarter—the central stronghold of Hezbollah—an intriguing incident occurred: among the candies distributed to children was a toffee candy made in Israel, covered in Hebrew writing and the hechsher of Ichud Rabbanim from Manchester.
Ynet reported that the Israeli candies sparked outrage on Lebanese social media, with one website reporting that they may have come from a third country since goods with Israeli symbols do not enter Lebanon.
(YWN Israel Desk—Jerusalem)
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5 Responses
the headline is misleading – the candies do not have a picture of nasrallah on them. and why would candies made in israel be under a manchester hechsher? aren’t there enough mashgichim in israel?
Because these candies were made fior European consumption just like the OU , OK etc have yhrir seal in manny Israeli made products
I wonder if it’s a special type of popping candy
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Coffee addict you are hilarious.
YWN:- Do you intentionally write inaccurate headlines (will leave the inaccurate content for another time) to get clicks? Or is it incompetence? It happens way to frequently, I really should stop coming here. But I’m somewhat addicted to coffee addict’s posts and others.