Last week, the Executive Director of JRNU, Shlomi Peles, along with Rabbi Moshe Moskowitz – Chief Rabbi of Kharkiv, Rabbi Nachum Erntroy – Chief Rabbi of Zaparozehe, and Rabbi Mordechai Lavanhartz – from Kyiv, welcomed the Minister of the Diaspora, Mr. Nachman Shay, for a visit to Kfar Chabad.
Minister Shay's visit began in the village’s etrog orchard where he was received by the Chasidic farmer Elazar Garlick who told him about the history of the orchard that provides thousands of beautiful etrogs every year. From there, Minister Shai continued to the village’s beehives, where he was received by the Schneerson family. The minister was shown the honey production process in the factory.
At the heart of the Diaspora Minister’s tour was a visit to “770” house – a replica of the Lubavitcher Rebbe’s house in Brooklyn, where the minister donned tefillin and offered a prayer. Rabbi Nachum Erntroy – Chief Rabbi of Zaparozehe, sounded the shofar.
The visit concluded with Rabbi Peles awarding a “Token of Salvation” to the Minister of the Diaspora, and all the rabbis expressing their gratitude for Minister Shay's ongoing support of the Jewish communities in Ukraine.
