"The Chabad Hasid thought to auction his seat, and purportedly received offers of up to $18,000" IMO wasn't serious.
Wasnt serious about auctioning it off, or the offers weren't serious?
Relax. Israel Hayom makes the NY Post look like the Bible
Lost me on that one.
Their stories are hardly credible
+1even for $5k this guy would have grabbed it so.....
i would pay 18k to have damaxer sit next to a rebbe:)