Rabbi Leah Abelsky (photo: Yehchat)
In Chisinau, the capital of Moldova, and in other cities in the country, there have been widespread power outages in recent days due to damage to power plants in Ukraine by the Russians.
According to the Moldovan government's announcement, the damage to Ukrainian infrastructure also affects Moldova, known as "the poorest country in Europe" and the country is forced to deal with widespread power outages that affect half of the country.
The Jewish community in Moldova, led by Rabbi Zosha Abelsky, prepared for the possibility of a winter without electricity ahead of time and purchased blankets and winter clothing to distribute to Jewish families, with an emphasis on the elderly and Holocaust survivors.
According to the rabbi of the Great Synagogue of Chisinau and the Chabad emissary in the capital, Rabbi Mendel Axelrod: "Since the power outages began, we have embarked on an extensive distribution campaign in the capital city, with the aim of reaching every Jew who needs assistance and heating.
We also distributed heaters, but due to the power outages, they cannot be used much, so the winter clothing and blankets help to overcome the cold.
It is worrying, because the winter is still ahead of us." It should be noted that the weather at night in Chisinau already reaches 0 degrees and even minus, at this time of the year.
Due to the difficult situation, Moldova's elderly "rabbitan", Rabbi Leah Abelsky, who is in her 90s and was sent to Moldova more than 30 decades ago by the Lubavitcher Rebbe - with her husband, who was the first rabbi of the country after the fall of the communists, Rabbi Zalman Abelsky ztzel, participated During the distribution of the blankets and clothing boxes, Rabbi Abelsky joined the teams that arrived at Holocaust survivor homes and said: "We have been living here for decades and this is the most difficult time I remember, even though we already knew difficult challenges here during the revitalization of the Jewish community in Moldova.
It is our duty to help everyone we can.
You can't stand by."
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