The main prayer rally at the Western Wall (Photo: Eli Itkin)
The "Day of Liberation and Rescue" of European Jews from the Nazis, set on the 26th of Iyar, to mark seventy-eight years since the rescue of the survivors, and to commemorate the martyrs of the Holocaust, marked at the initiative of Governor Gabriel German Zakhareev, under the auspices of the Chief Rabbis of Europe and Israel, on the Hebrew date of the surrender of the Third Reich in France, was marked this week in Israel and around the world, with the participation of the Chief Rabbis, representatives of the Allies and survivors. This year as well, in light of the call of the Gedolim Yisrael, prayers were held at the sign; Dor Dor places special emphasis on the participation of babies of the Rabban House, school children and Talmud HaTorah.
The Great Synagogue, Moscow (Photo: Ilya Dolgopolsky, Levi Nazarov)
Thousands of people and hundreds of children participated in dozens of prayer and thanksgiving rallies held in synagogues, memorial sites and schools around the world, including; In Vienna, Austria, Warsaw, Poland, Paris, Strasbourg and Marseille in France, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Zhuango in China, Budapest in Hungary, Moscow, Frankfurt and Leipzig in Germany, Stockholm, Sweden, George Town in New York, Pinsk and Minsk in Belarus, and Sydney in Australia, in the presence of the chief rabbis, heads of the communities, and with the participation of the ministers of defense, representatives of governments, military attachés and ambassadors of the Allies and survivors.
In Djerba, Tunisia, this year as well, we marked with a particularly moving prayer rally the liberation and rescue from the clutches of the Nazis. Hundreds of refugees from Ukraine participated in prayer rallies in Bucharest, Romania, Chisinau, Moldova, and Warsaw, Poland. For the first time, a special salute event was held at the European Parliament in Strasbourg. In Israel, the main prayer rally was held at the Western Wall and dozens of synagogues in Israeli cities, including Be'er Sheva, Ganei Tikva, Modi'in, Ashdod and Migdal HaEmek.
Congregation Tikva Odessa in Bucharest, Romania (Photo: courtesy of the community)
As is customary, the 'Day of Liberation and Rescue' events opened with a prayer and thanksgiving rally at the Western Wall plaza; Rabbi Moshe Chaim Lau, Rabbi of the Netanya Center. Rabbi Shmuel Rabinovitz, Rabbi of the Western Wall and Holy Places, and Minister of Religious Services, Rabbi Michael Malkieli, who delivered words of encouragement and blessing.
The rally was attended by hundreds of students from the Mishnayot study project in memory of the martyrs of the Holocaust, "Yizkor" from "We and Our Descendants," which operates in forty branches in Israel under the auspices of the initiator of Liberation and Rescue Day, Governor Gabriel German Zakhareev. The participants of the rally received the yoke of the Kingdom of Heaven out of prayer and thanksgiving to the Almighty "who redeemed us from a narrow hand."
Paris, France (Photo courtesy of the community)
The rally was opened by Leo, who said, "These days we must pray more intensely and more intensely for the survivors of the refugee. ' The prayer of the babies of the Rabban House rises before the throne of honor, and these days we are in dire need of their pure prayer: 'From the mouth of infants and sucklers you founded a goat to shut down an enemy and take revenge.' The rally, produced by Rabbi Mordechai Rabinowitz Tip Productions, closed with a Yizkor prayer by Cantor Rabbi David Weinbach and a dance circle of participants across the Western Wall floor in prayer and longing; "Let this hour be a time of mercy and a time of will before you." At the end of the rally, hundreds of students went up to the residence of the great Gaon, Rabbi Avigdor Nebenzal, rabbi of the Old City.
At the Great Synagogue in Moscow, hundreds gathered for a prayer and thanksgiving rally led by Rabbi Avraham Shayevitz, Rosh Yeshiva Torat Chaim in Moscow, Gaon Rabbi Moshe Lebel and Acting Chief Rabbi of Moscow, Rabbi David Yeshobayev. The guest of honor from Israel, Rabbi Israel Meir Shoshan, moved the participants with personal stories from his father and the miracle of his rescue.
He spoke warmly in favor of the initiative to mark Liberation and Rescue Day and praised the work of the idea's initiator, Governor Gabriel German Zakhareev, who gave an emotional speech. A student of Genesis Wisdom read a chapter of Mishnayot and moved those present. Hundreds of participants, survivors, fighters, veterans, public figures and parishioners recited Psalms, and Cantor Rabbi Uriel Grant delivered the merciful Kell prayer. Israeli Ambassador Alex Ben-Zvi read the congratulatory letters sent by President Isaac Herzog and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for Liberation and Rescue Day.
Djerba, Tunisia (Photo courtesy of the community)
At the Ohr Torah Yeshiva Hall of the Rabbi Shalom Zatzukal High School in Djerba, Tunisia, a particularly moving prayer rally was held, attended by hundreds of residents and students. The Rabbi of Tunisia, Rabbi Chaim Bitan, was forced to go to Tunis at the invitation of the President of Tunisia, and Rabbi Gideon Haddad ascended before the ark. The rally and Kiddusha Rabba was organized with the taste and opinion of Rabbi Yaniv Bitan.
At the Beit Midrash Hall in Bucharest, Romania, where the Jewish community and its institutions moved from Odessa, the community held a prayer and thanksgiving rally attended by hundreds of students of the Tikva institutions. The Rabbi of Odessa, Rabbi Shlomo Baksht, passed in front of the ark and delivered moving remarks on the significance of thanking God for the liberation and rescue of the Jewish people and the memory of the fourteenth martyrs. A prayer rally with the refugees was also held in Kishinev, Moldova.
At the La Rency synagogue in Paris, hundreds of the city's residents gathered for a prayer and thanksgiving rally led by the rabbi of the synagogue and the French gendarmerie, special assistant to the rabbi of France, Rabbi Moshe Levin, with the participation of the mayor, Mr. Jean-Michel Genestier. At the Leipzig community center Beit Ariovitch, the prayer rally was presided over by the city's rabbi and the chief military rabbi of the German army, Rabbi Mordechai Eliezer Bala. Among the participants; Survivors of the death camps and veterans who fought in the Red Army during World War II.
At the Westend Great Synagogue in Frankfurt, the Jewish community held a prayer and remembrance rally led by the chairman of the German rabbis and the rabbi of Frankfurt, Rabbi Avichai Appel. The prayer and chapters of the Psalms and the Yizkor prayer were delivered by the renowned Cantor Rabbi Yoni Rose. At the Nozik High School in Warsaw, the congregation of the Chief Rabbi of Poland, Rabbi Mordechai Schudrich, held a prayer rally attended by refugees and guests. At the Beit Aharon School of the Stalin Karlin Institutes in Pinsk, the students held a prayer rally and secondary study. The head of the institutions, Rabbi Moshe Fima, addressed the students.
At the Great Synagogue of Vienna, the Jewish community held a prayer and memorial ceremony led by the city's Rabbi, Rabbi Yaron Algemeier, who addressed the participants and the chapters of the Psalms. The rally ended with the singing of "I Believe", the moving melody of the late Rabbi Azriel David Fasteg on his way on the death train.
President Isaac Herzog sent a special letter of congratulations to Minister of Religious Services Rabbi Michael Malkieli in honor of Liberation and Rescue Day. "It is difficult to find in the history of our people another event so clear as our rescue from death to life, as our rescue from the abyss of the terrible Holocaust. Therefore, it seems inappropriate from this scene in which gratitude and the miracle of salvation are expressed, in the spirit of the Talmudic article: "And from slavery to freedom Amarinen sang, from death to life not at all."
President Herzog writes that he "congratulates the initiators, who are engaged in the work and who carry out the event - I congratulate you with all my heart for the initiative and the beautiful tradition established in recent years... And I will pray to you: "Mighty on high dwells in valor... May you put on us... Life and blessings for peacekeeping."
The main prayer rally at the Western Wall (Photo: Eli Itkin)
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sent a special congratulatory letter to Liberation and Rescue Day, marking the victory in World War II. "The lessons of resisting a murderous regime that threatens us with annihilation are engraved in us: we must identify the danger in advance, we must firmly resist the elements of evil, we must be able to defend ourselves... And only in this way, with G-d's help, will we ensure the eternity of Israel." The Prime Minister concludes his letter: "I would like to thank all the partners in organizing 'Liberation and Rescue Day' – headed by the Ministry of Religious Services, the Western Wall Heritage Foundation and the Jewish-Russian Congress, whose senior representative, Gabriel German Zakhareev, contributed to incorporating this special day into our calendar."
The initiative to mark Liberation and Rescue Day is led by Governor Gabriel German Zakhareev, Vice President of the Russian Jewish Congress and President of the Stamagi International Charitable Foundation; "The Jewish people have the longest and strongest memory, and the degree of gratitude is one of its most important and thorough. This important idea is assimilated every year, thank God, in more and more of the Jewish communities, and I will continue to do everything in my power to inculcate our obligation to give thanks and praise for His name, may He be blessed, and to remember His fourteenth apostles in prayer, charity, the introduction of Torah scrolls and the study of Mishnayot as a way that has been handed down to us from generation to generation."
Arie Zamir, in collaboration with Shova Israel
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