Israeli Ambassador discusses forthcoming Hasidim pilgrimage to Uman

2015/6/28 23:58:13

During the meeting, the issues concerning the reception of Hasidim pilgrims and celebration of the Jewish New Year in autumn 2015 were discussed.

 

<Photo: Ambassador of Israel to Ukraine Eli Belotserkovsky

 


UMAN, June 24, 2015 (UBO) - Ambassador of Israel to Ukraine Eli Belotserkovsky discussed with local authorities of Uman this year’s Hasidic pilgrimage to the city to celebrate the Jewish New Year Rosh Hashanah.

 

UNIAN religion reports that according to the press service of Uman city council, today the Israeli delegation met with Acting Mayor Alexander Tsebriy. During the meeting, the issues concerning the reception of Hasidim pilgrims and celebration of the Jewish New Year in autumn 2015 were discussed.

 

In addition, on the day of mourning and memory of war victims in Ukraine, Tsebriy and Belotserkovsky laid flowers at the monument to Holocaust victims in Sukhyi Yar tract, where during the Second World War fascist invaders shot more than 25 thousand civilians, most of which were Jews.

 

 As it was previously reported, in 2014 more than 20,000 Hasidic pilgrims arrived from 9 countries to celebrate Rosh Hashanah (Jewish New Year’s) 5775. In 2013, almost 30,000 pilgrims from 16 countries, mainly from Israel met the New Year here.

 

Rabbi Nachman of Bratslav (1772-1810) is the founder of Bratslav Hasidism. He was buried in Uman in the Jewish cemetery. The tomb of Rabbi is one of the most revered shrines of the Hasidim, a place of annual mass pilgrimage.

 

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*The article above appears through courtesy of the Religious Information Service of Ukraine. Access RISU at http://risu.org.ua/en/index

 

Photo courtesy the Embassy of Israel in Ukraine

 

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