Since the outbreak of the war in Ukraine, tens of thousands of Jewish refugees have fled to Israel and various countries around the world.
However, many more Jews remained in the burning country, who for various reasons could not leave the country.
In the Jewish communities, efforts are being made to continue to care for them, near and far.
Under the shells and missiles that fall constantly, and to the sounds of the sirens that do not stop honking in the streets of the country, came a special record of a large slaughter of poultry and cattle for the Jews of Ukraine.
In the documentation, it appears that the small staff of the Kashrut Committee in Ukraine 'UK', the same director of the Chabad emissary Rabbi Pinchas Vishtzky, is carrying out the work of slaughter, under fire.
The slaughter process, Photo: The Jewish community in Ukraine
The slaughter process, Photo: The Jewish community in Ukraine
In recent days, the complex operation was launched and was carried out at the Kremenchug poultry factory, right next to the front in the city of Kharkiv, and at the cattle factory in the town of Ternopil.
"The slaughter on these turbulent days involved a great and special effort and even dedication," says the head of the slaughter and testing team, Chabad emissary Rabbi Yehoshua Vishtzky. ".
Poultry and meat on the way to besieged Jews, Photo: The Jewish community in Ukraine
At the same time, Chabad members continue operations to rescue casualties from the ongoing war. In the face of grave fears of escalation in the separatist Transnistrian region of eastern Moldova, and against the background of security incidents in recent weeks, the Jewish community in Moldova decided to remove .
The rescue flight took off last night (Sunday) from Chisinau and its partners are Chabad and the Jewish community led by Rabbi Zosha Abelsky, an organization that sent the team commander Haim Otmezgin and Nachman Dickstein, the organization's deputy commander in Ukraine, the Friendship Foundation, the Jewish Agency, Or Avner. , The JDC and the Yad Yisrael organization of Rabbi Moshe Pima.
Rescue of wounded to Israel, Photo: Courtesy of the Jewish community in Moldova
Helping seniors get on a plane, Photo: Courtesy of the Jewish community in Moldova
The immigrants made their way to Israel in an executive plane that was hired especially for this purpose and had blue ID cards that had already been issued in Kishinev.
Rabbi Mendi Axelrod, a Chabad emissary in Moldova, who managed to put on tefillin with a Holocaust survivor - for the first time in his life - before taking off, said: "For weeks we have been treating wounded and Holocaust survivors who came from the war in Ukraine.
We gave them the most dedicated care, hot food and medicine and I am glad that they will now start a new life in the Holy Land.
I want to thank all those involved in this sacred work. "
Audio reading just before takeoff, Photo: Courtesy of the Jewish community in Moldova
Elderly people on their way to Israel, Photo: Courtesy of the Jewish community in Moldova
Elderly people on their way to Israel, Photo: Courtesy of the Jewish community in Moldova
ZAKA Director General Dubi Wiesenstern added: "This is a complex operation, one of several, that we are carrying out with a medical team that includes a doctor and a brother, in order to provide these Holocaust survivors with the best conditions until they arrive in Israel. ".
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