The attack took place in Crown Heights, Brooklyn on Friday afternoon as the rabbi was standing in front of a multi-family house on President Street.
The rabbi, who is in his thirties, was taken to the hospital for treatment.
So far there are no arrests or surveillance images of the attacker.
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