More than two thousand citizens of Israel arrived in the city where Rabbi Nachman's tomb is located. • Thousands are stuck in Belarus, where the borders were closed.
Praying at the Tomb of Rebbe Nachman Bauman // Photo: Yehuda Peretz
More than two thousand Israelis are now in Uman, about five thousand Israelis are in Belarus waiting to enter Uman, but the borders in Belarus have been closed and thousands more in various countries in Europe, including Turkey and Germany.
The expectation is that those Israelis will not be able to enter Uman, but many of them will also not be able to return to Israel.
About 2,500 Israelis in Uman plan to return to Israel after Rosh Hashanah, but next week Ben Gurion Airport is supposed to be closed at the request of the Ministry of Health. "We very much hope that they will not do such a thing to us, we want to return home, we have plane tickets and we are Israeli citizens. "How will they tell us not to return to Israel?", Says Shachar Zaguri, an Israeli who is currently in Uman.
"On the one hand it is a great pleasure, it is not obvious that about two thousand people came to Uman. On the other hand, the atmosphere here is not Rosh Hashanah because many people are at the borders and waiting to see if they can enter next week. Shiner's hospitality factory prepares 240,000 dishes during the holiday And a year about 1,500 rations.
"The atmosphere is not the most pleasant and people find it difficult to accept the decree that there will be only a few thousand instead of about 50,000 each year. Contrary to what they try to paint - Uman residents who know Breslav followers are very disappointed that they did not come this year, it is a heavy economic loss for them Good and not like they paint us, "says Yehuda Peretz, another Israeli who is in Uman.
In Belarus, which closed its gates this week, about five thousand Israelis are stuck, according to the Israelis who are in Belarus and Uman.
Those Israelis cannot leave Belarus at the moment, but if the possibility of returning them to Israel opens in the coming days - Ben Gurion Airport is expected to close, leaving thousands of Israelis abroad without being able to return to Israel.