Hundreds of Jewish children and teens from Jewish communities throughout the Ukraine gathered together this past Shabbos in Medzhybizh for Shabbos Parshas Yisro, “Shabbos Kabbalas HaTorah,” B’Chadrei Chareidim reported.
In an emotional event, after a prolonged period of time when gatherings and brissos couldn’t be performed due to coronavirus regulations, ten Jewish youth entered into the bris of Avraham Avinu before Shabbos. The mohel was Reb Aharon Weiss of Monroe, a specialist in adult brissos.
The emotional event was recorded by B’Chadrei Chareidim photographer Yishai Yerushalmi.
On Friday night, there was great emotion as the newly circumcised children chose Jewish names for themselves.
The son of the Satmar Rebbe, Rav Yaakov Ber Teitelbaum, came especially for the occasion and was honored with sandakus and giving one of the names. Reb Hillel Cohen, a Rav in Kiev who organizes Shabbatos and seminars for Ukraine youth brought in the singers Lipa Schmeltzer, Hershy Weinberger and Yoely Braun to bring ruach and simcha to the event.
Over the Shabbos, special emphasis was given to the theme: “I’m proud to be a Jew,” with all the participants bearing special stickers stating those words.
A video of Lipa Schmeltzer singing rap in Russian with local Jewish youth filmed by Yishai Yerushalmi has spread on social media.
Photo: Yishai Yerushalmi/B’Chadrei Chareidim
(YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)
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Its good to have you back Lipa. We were worried about you for a while.
Keep up the awesome work.
Kol Hakavod.
Beautiful!
But where are the masks and social distancing? Did everyone at the gathering test positive for covad antibodies? What if one person is an asymptomatic carrier and other person catches it, chas v’sholom.
Are you ignoring recommendations of Rabbonim that this is an inyan of sofek pikuach nefesh?
my own opinion; wipe your glasses , a minyan yidden get a bris at this age , entering tachas kanfei hashechina , and to deflect the feelings of humbleness for their mesiras nefesh you say a buzz word masks… . these kids & adults are temimim – yet are koneh olamo beshaah achas
masks are important but that shouldnt be the focus when viewing these pics rather humm to yourself ” veyn dorsheha ke’yisroel…
It was a beautiful Shabbos!! 100 students from the kiev Jewish community under the leadership of Rabbi Bleich Chief Rabbi of Ukraine. And 100 students from Tikva Odessa Jewish community under the leadership Of Rabbi Kruskal. It was zn amazing Shabbaton and the Boyz had a great time! Thanks to Hilel Cohen head if Hatzalah in ukraine for arranging it.