New Wing for Jewish Children’s Home in Moscow
This year’s double portion of sixty joyful days brought the Jewish community of Moscow an especially joyful occasion, the likes of which hasn’t been celebrated there for many years. The Jewish Children’s Home dedicated a large and spacious new wing of its building. This is just another landmark in the capital city’s ever-expanding Jewish community under the auspices of Russia’s Chief Rabbi, Rabbi Berel Lazar. It is with tremendous gratitude to Hashem, for bringing us to this phase, that the new wing was dedicated.
In the northern side of Moscow, for over a decade, there stands a building surrounded by greenery which serves as a warm home for dozens of Jewish orphans from all over Russia. Each child comes with their own tearful story and personal pain, but together as a group, and each one individually, they receive loving, Chassidic care from the wonderfully dedicated and skilled staff, headed by the fatherly director of the Home, shliach Rabbi Menachem Mendel Gol and his family.
As the institution grew and developed, and the need to expand the place for more Jewish children became clear, the extensive resources were obtained for the construction of a new wing, doubling the space of the Home. After massive construction and tremendous investment lasting two years, the institution was upgraded to the highest standards in the world.
The children are all integrated into Moscow’s exceptional Jewish educational institutions, with great concern for their welfare and every detail of their lives both materially and spiritually. Many of its graduates have married and built beautiful Jewish homes of their own.
The mezuzah affixing ceremony and dedication of the large new building was celebrated with great joy, led by the Chief Rabbi of Russia, Rabbi Berel Lazar. In attendance were also President of the Federation of Jewish Communities in Russia, Rabbi Alexander Boroda, the donors, the general director of Moscow’s educational institutions Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Lipsker, the principals, students, and many guests. They were all witness to an incredible event which gave them a glimpse into the meteoric development of the exceptional Jewish community in Moscow, which cares for each and every individual both materially and spiritually.
photos by Levi Nazarov
