Uman (Ukraine)
Hung to the lampposts, the loudspeakers scream air alerts and Jewish prayers.
The autumn sky is cloudy and changeable: rain may fall, the sun may shine or the Russian strike may descend.
But, up there, Moishe only sees his god.
The young Orthodox Jew, a haredim, points to his yarmulke and smiles.
“
Here is my protection
.”
He adds:
“We came from the United States, from Europe and obviously
from Israel
.
Here died Rabbi Nahman of Bratslav.
Every year for Rosh has-Shana, the Jewish New Year, thousands of us come to honor his memory.
We hope for what Rabbi Nahman promised: salvation from hell.
I am not afraid, because the greatest fear of the pilgrim is not to die, but not to live
Fabien, originally from France, who recently made aliyah
Fabien, he is not orthodox.
He is originally from France and recently made aliyah - the act of immigrating a Jew to Israel.
He relativizes the change of scenery: "
I'm not really afraid, I live in Israel, a country also confronted with bombardments, even if in our country the alarms only sound for specific, well-defined regions...
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