A special meeting was held in Moldova, between the Israeli Embassy located there and the Chabad Shliach and Chief Rabbi of Moldova Rabbi Zalman Abelsky
A special meeting was held in Moldova, between the Israeli Embassy located there and the Chabad Shliach and Chief Rabbi of Moldova Rabbi Zalman Abelsky.
After two decades of outreach, Rebbetzin Leah Abelsky of Kishinev, Moldova, tells us about her shlichus.
It’s not every day that you find shluchim who returned to the place they fled, but Rabbi Zalman and Rebbetzin Leah Abelsky did just that. Sixty years ago they escaped the clutches of the communists, made aliya, and raised a family. Thirty years later, they were back in Kishinev. This time, they were there on shlichus, with the Rebbe’s bracha. read more
Heaps and heaps of Hamantashen are being baked by Chabad of Moldova, under the directorship of Rabbi Zalman Abelsky, to be distributed throughout the country.
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One of the Chanukah events in Kishinev was at the KJJC. It took place on December 13, when the 3rd candle was lighted by Reb Zalman Leib Abelsky, the Chief Rabbi of Moldova, who did it for the 20th consecutive time in our country. It was a special event from all points of view – Interregional Festival “From Heart to Heart” supported by “Hevruta in Moldova’ project sponsored by Pincus Fund with over 250 people from Kishinev, Beltsy, Tiraspol, Bendery and Rybnitsa.
One of eastern European country's Jewish community leaders, Rabbi Zalman Abelsky, tells Ynet incident in which Orthodox priest destroyed Hanukkah candlestick was a political provocation. 'Moldova can set an example to the entire world in terms of anti-Semitism,' he says
MY DAUGHTER’S BAS-MITZVAH – SETTING THE TONE FOR A LIFETIME OF COMMITMENT - BY CHAYA ABELSKY: This past summer, my daughter Zelda celebrated her bas-mitzvah. On the surface, this fact might not appear to be “newsworthy” as far as a wider readership may be concerned.
In Kishinev, the days of Sukkot were celebrated in the prayer hall of the synagogue. A large crowd of students among many people attended festive prayers and the reading and dancing of the Torah.
Given that a sukkah is not a permanent structure, it doesn’t offer much protection from the rain. However, despite a heavy rainstorm, many people participated in the Kiddush and meals in the Sukkah built near the Kishinev synagogue, and few other around the city.
(IsraelNN.com) A leading Moldovian community rabbi and his students were violently attacked Thursday by a gang of anti-Semites while on a camping and fishing trip in Panasesti, located in the Chisinau region of Moldova.
Panesesti is a thickly wooded area, located about 30 kilometers from Kishinev Airport. Romania borders the Republic of Moldova to the west, and the small country is surrounded on its other borders by Ukraine.
According to a source at the Federation of Jewish Communities of the CIS (former Soviet Union), the thugs also robbed the group.
