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Student Stabbed at Crown Heights Synagogue Released From Hospital

 Rabbinical student Levi Rosenblatt, 22, was released from Bellevue Hospital Wednesday after being stabbed in the head last week at a synagogue in Crown Heights.
Rabbinical student Levi Rosenblatt, 22, was released from Bellevue Hospital Wednesday after being stabbed in the head last week at a synagogue in Crown Heights.
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NEW YORK CITY — The rabbinical student stabbed and severely injured in a Crown Heights synagogue last week has been released from Bellevue Hospital with a clean bill of health, hospital staff said.

Levi Rosenblatt, 22, was discharged Wednesday after being treated for a head wound suffered during a Dec. 9 attack at 770 Eastern Parkway, the headquarters of the Chabad-Lubavitch Jewish community.

Rosenblatt was slashed with a serrated knife inside the religious center at about 1:40 a.m. by 49-year-old Calvin Peters, who was later shot and killed by police. Peters had a history of psychological issues, officials said.

Rosenblatt suffered an injury to blood vessels in “an extremely sensitive area of his brain” that required surgery, said Dr. Paul Huang, chief of neurosurgery at Bellevue.

“He underwent a procedure to repair two blood vessels, which was successful. He has had an amazing recovery," Huang said in a statement.

Rosenblatt, a native of Israel, thanked his friends, his doctors, the Hatzalah volunteer ambulance service in Crown Heights, his family who traveled to be with him and “all the people all over the world who have prayed for me,” he said in a statement.

“I have a lot of people from way back in the beginning to thank, above all, God and the Rebbe who provided his blessings,” he said.

The timing of the discharge  on the first day of Hanukkah  was significant for Rosenblatt’s uncle, Shmuel Gelbshtein.

“We want to thank God, who is the ultimate healer, for this big miracle, and for the messengers he provided to us — the doctors and nurses at Bellevue who cared for Levi and healed him,” Gelbshtein said.