Kollel Chabad will this year, as in past years, distribute mezonos and drink to thousands and thousands of visitors to the Kosel on Shavuos. There will also be a kedusha rabba following neitz shacris.
Immediately following neitz shachris at the Kosel, the large promenade area is converted to host the kedusha rabba, seeking to permit the many mispalalim to make kiddush and have a bite prior to beginning the walk home. Accommodations for men and women will be in place. Those who wish will receive one of the 25,000 kiddush kits that were prepared, containing grape juice or wine, a cold drink and a serving of cake. This permits people to take it with them should they opt to do so.
Overseeing the entire operation and its impressive logistical arrangements is Rav Sholom Duchman in cooperating with Kosel Rav Rabbi Shmuel Rabinowitz Shlita and local security and administrative officials.
Due to efforts by Rav Rabinowitz, this year, there will be a kiddush at Kever Dovid HaMelech too, to accommodate the many mispalalim at the Tzion.
The mossad Kollel Chabad was established some 200 years ago by the Bal HaTanya ZATZAL ZY”A, and the Rebbes who followed maintained the organization which continues operating today.
(Yechiel Spira – YWN Israel)
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6 Responses
I was at the Kotel last Shavuos and getting kiddush afterwards really stood out in my mind. It was so wonderful and thoughtful. Definitely, an only in Israel moment. The people who I was going to for a meal didn’t start till early afternoon, and the kiddush provided for us allowed us to have that extra boost to walk all the way back and not be too grumpy with hunger pains when we arrived.
Why can’t people that go to the Kossel for shacharis bring along thier own “kiddush kit”? Why must it be so acceptable to not eat from your own belongings and take charity instead? Each one of those kits with the time involved must cost about $10.00 a piece. That is $250,000.00 of tzedokah money that is for the most part not going to poor people.
I just think people should think for a second before taking charity like this which really should go to honest, poor people instead.
If this had been posted a little earlier I (and perhaps others like me) might have seen it before Yom Tov. I ended up walking back tired and very thirsty. Not that it diminishes from the incredible experience, but it would have been nice to have kiddush before leaving – if it was available anyway.
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Congratulations on having found something so you can complain about a Chessed organization, but quite frankly your $10 estimate is utterly ridiculous. It more likely works out at less than one dollar per portion, and I think every even minded person would regard that as a most worthwhile and befitting use of Tzedoko funds, particulary if they were raised for this purpose. Many grateful Mispalellim have only words of thanks to offer.
Instead of showing your admiration, you chose to create your own exaggerated estimates and then criticize on that basis. Pathetic.
Probably each kiddish kit cost about $1 (not $10). Anyone benefitting is welcome to make a donation to chabad for providing this service. I don’t think this is a waste of tzedaka money – rather it is the chesed of the Jewish people at its best.
The kiddush kits probably cost a maximum of 10 shekel per unit and not $10 Per unit .. Why put down someone elses chessed ? I does not harm anyone … We should always be looking for the good in each other and not the bad. Good voch.
it was really nice!
thank you kollel chabad!