The Chief Rabbi of Russia, the Gaon Rabbi Berel Lazar, at a remembrance and prayer event/spokespersons of the Jewish Museum
On Saturday evening, the day before January 27, when the world marks "International Holocaust Day", a remembrance and prayer event was held, presided over by the Chief Rabbi of Russia, Rabbi Berel Lazar, and with the participation of many religious leaders, ambassadors and diplomats, government officials and well-known public figures.
The Chief Rabbi of Russia, the Gaon Rabbi Berel Lazar, at a remembrance and prayer event/spokespersons of the Jewish Museum
The event opened with the reading of a congratulatory message sent by the President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin.
After a light and compassionate prayer, the chief rabbi spoke and moved the crowd.
In his words, Rabbi Lazar said: "Almost 80 years have passed since Nazism was defeated and outlawed. We hoped that the lesson of the Holocaust would be learned and that this tragedy could not happen again. Unfortunately, recent events cast doubt on this. The ideology that gave rise to the Holocaust is raising its head again, even in countries with democratic traditions rootedness".
The Chief Rabbi of Russia, the Gaon Rabbi Berel Lazar, at a remembrance and prayer event/spokespersons of the Jewish Museum
A Russian rabbi compared the Holocaust to the massacre by Hamas terrorists at Simchat Torah: "The tragedy that happened in southern Israel is with the same ideology: kill to kill, commit atrocities to commit atrocities, do not spare the elderly, women and children. Kill only because the victim is Jewish! The Hamas organization does not Hiding the fact that he is ready to kill every Jew down to the last one, and that his fighters will continue to kill as long as they live. And the world is silent."
"That's why", he added, "today I can't help but talk about the position of those countries that allow and even welcome solidarity demonstrations with terrorists, these heirs of Hitler in this generation".
The president of the Union of Jewish Communities in Russia, Rabbi Alexander Barda, and the ambassadors of Germany, Israel, Poland and Russia also gave speeches.
Towards the end of the ceremony, six soul candles were lit, one of them a survivor of the Auschwitz camp.
David Berger, in collaboration with Shuba Israel
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