In the "Nozik" Synagogue in Warsaw (photo: Yehchat)
In an exciting event with the great participation of Poland, the member of the standing committee of the "Conference of Rabbis of Europe" Rabbi Mordechai Shudrich, rabbis and public figures, military rabbis stationed in Europe, refugees who found refuge in Poland with the help of the international fund of the conference, community members and Jewish youth took place in the "Nozik" Synagogue. who survived the holocaust in Warsaw, a ceremony to conclude the writing of a fancy Torah book that will be handed over to the Jewish soldiers in the Ukrainian army.
In the "Nozik" Synagogue in Warsaw (photo: Yehchat)
The Torah book donated by the Kokoashvili family (photo: Yehchat)
The initiative to write the Torah book is the chief military rabbi of the German army, member of the standing committee of the 'European Rabbinical Conference' and rabbi of Leipzig, Rabbi Mordechai Balla and the chief military rabbi for Ukraine, Rabbi Hillel Cohen, who recruited a donor from Israel - the Kokuashvili family on behalf of their father Moshe ben Pinchas .
The Torah book was written in Israel and will be delivered by Rabbi Cohen to the Jewish soldiers in the Ukrainian army.
In the special ceremony that ended with an engrossing circle of dances participated;
Rabbi Yehuda Pushkin Rabbi of Stuttgart in Germany, Rabbi Yitzchak Chaim Rappaport head of the Torah Mezion in Warsaw.
The representative of the military rabbinate of the American Air Force in Germany, Rabbi Levi Pekar, and the military rabbi in the US Army, Rabbi Benjamin Sprouse.
In the "Nozik" Synagogue in Warsaw (photo: Yehchat)
Rabbi Balla said that the initiative came after the agreement of understanding for cooperation between the military rabbis stationed in Europe to streamline and improve the religious needs of the soldiers that was held at the conference of European rabbis held in Munich about six months ago.
"There is a lot of benefit from the exchange of information and mutual assistance in all the fields that actually maintain distant rapprochement, and we are blessed that we were privileged to write a Torah book in this framework and deliver it to Jewish soldiers, especially in these difficult days."
At the end of the ceremony, the rabbis were destined for a work session and exchange of information and assistance between the military rabbis.
Rabbi Cohen said that the information and cooperation with the rabbis helps him a lot in his continued work for the Jewish soldiers.
"We must remember that a military rabbinate did not exist in Ukraine and I have the responsibility to take care of all their needs. I learned a lot from my friends and in Israel I will be able to serve them properly."
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