PHOTOS: Three New Shuls Open in Moscow Neighborhoods

[PHOTOS BY JDN IN EXTENDED ARTICLE]

Yiddishkeit in Moscow continues to grow with three new shuls opening just in time for the Yomim Tovim.

Three beautiful mehudar Sifrei Torah were dedicated in these shuls.

They are joining the 30 active Chabad Houses throughout the capital city of Moscow, which were initiated and developed by the Chief Rabbi of Russia, Rabbi Berl Lazar.

The first shul was opened at the MGIMO University, the largest in Russia, where many Jewish students study. The shul was opened after long and intensive work by the Shliach Rabbi Shimon Krasnodomsky with the local students, whose hearts he has managed to win over. His events are well attended by the students throughout the year.

The second shul was opened in the Mitischi neighborhood, by the active Rosh Hakahal R’ Boruch Bentzion Gorwitz together with the local shliach Rabbi Yochanan Kosenko, a graduate of the Chabad educational institutions of Moscow. The shul is the first phase of a much larger project which will continue to develop , be’ezras Hashem.

The third shul was opened in the Sokol neighborhood by the local shliach Rabbi Boruch Kleinberg, who has been actively working with Russian Jews over many years. The new Sifrei Torah were brought to their new homes in MGIMO, Mitischi, and Sokol with great joy. Many local jews came to daven at the new shuls on Rosh Hashana.