Ukraine’s Ambassador, Yevgen Korniychuk, has announced that the country will impose restrictions on the number of Israeli visitors allowed to enter its borders for this upcoming Rosh Hashanah pilgrimage to the city of Uman. The decision comes in response to safety concerns arising from the ongoing Russian hostilities.
The statement issued by Ambassador Korniychuk does not specify the exact limitations, but it emphasizes the necessity to safeguard potential targets, including Jewish faith leaders and worshipers, in the face of potential threats. The fear is that the presence of a large gathering in Uman could attract hostile actions from Russian forces.
“For the safety of all those involved, we feel it is essential to minimize the potential risk. Hence, we have decided to implement limitations on the number of visitors,” reads the statement.
The annual pilgrimage to the kever of Rabbi Nachman of Uman has traditionally drawn a substantial number of Jewish pilgrims, primarily from Israel. In recent years, the event has seen more than 30,000 Jewish visitors converging on the city.
In 2020 and 2021, Ukrainian authorities denied entry to Israeli tourists due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, many individuals attempted to circumvent the ban, leading to challenges in managing the pilgrimage’s scale.
Despite ongoing warnings and the backdrop of an active war, an estimated 20,000 pilgrims defied the restrictions and arrived in Uman last year.
(AP)
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lets just take our belongs from Ukraine, our dear ones and that is it….do not go to Ukraine this year….Jews doing this are proving it is ok that no one charges Zelensky isn’t jewish and stays quiet, well, this jew ….can share that evil exits in Ukraine and Zelensky is a GENTILE and is reckless and evil….
There are precedents. The Normandy tourist bureau discouraged tourism in June 1944. And in all fairness, Poland was shut down for tourism starting from Sept. 1939. There are exceptions, the first battle of the American Civil War attracted tourists who thought that a war was some sort of spectator sport (subsequent battles failed to attract tourists).
Sane people do not go touristing in war zones. If people visiting Uman were injured due to the war going on their, the Ukraine’s government would be blamed for letting them in.
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We need every Jew we can get, even the ones stupid enough to travel in a war zone.
Especially this year, you should all be spending ראש-השנה in the עיר-העתיקה where you can see the מקום-המקדש and then abide by שיטת-הרמב”ם and blow שופר even on 1st day ראש-השנה despite שבת even בזמן-הזה nowadays
Panic ensues as a bunch of men come to the realization that they’ll have to spend Rosh Hashanah with their families.
Relax, they just want their bribe, the same like last year.
As our holy rebbe r Nachman says the reason for these bumps in the road is to grow your yearning towards that thing it will never be easy to get to uman or to any holy goal.There will always be obstacles which will make the goal when reached all the more sweet
Avoiding danger is one of the 613 commandments of the Torah [Taryag Mitzvot].
Travelling to a war zone is an extremely obvious danger.
Since Ukraine is a war zone, traveling there is an obvious violation of Torah Law.
Total insanity. Ukraine doesn’t want them come in the middle of a war, yet the Israeli government has appointed a senior political hack to “coordinate” their travel. If a bunch of these crazies end up injured or killed will that be what it takes to send the message about the risks?? Stay home and celebrate the yom tovim with your families.
Rav Eliezer Ben Etia warned if the Dinim are not sweetened there, that theres going to be a second Shoah