Sunday, August 21, 2011

Rabbi Rafael Halperin, ex-world-champion-wrestler, dies at 87


Former world champion in free wrestling, founder of optical centers succumbs to illness at 87 in Bnei Brak. His last years dedicated to battle for Shabbat
by Ari Galahar 
Published: 08.21.11, 06:01 / Israel Jewish Scene

The Halperin family says he managed to fill up the Yad Eliyahu Stadium three times in his life: Once when he fought a Jordanian in free wrestling, then when he pressured the Israeli government to secure the release of (former Prisoner of Zion Natan) Sharansky during US President Ronald Reagan's term, and finally with his battle for Shabbat, when he established an association calling on Jews to observe Shabbat.


http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4111512,00.html

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