President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa receives a blessing from Rabbi Asher Deren, chairman of the Rabbinical Association of the Western Cape.
South Africa’s New President Receives a Rabbi’s Blessing
Twenty-eight years ago, Cyril Ramaphosa stood outside Cape Town’s city hall, holding a microphone for Nelson Mandela, who had just been released from prison. This week, days before he assumed the South African presidency, Ramaphosa stood at the very same spot, celebrating 100 years since his mentor’s birth, and received the blessings of Chabad-Lubavitch Rabbi Asher Deren, chairman of the Rabbinical Association of the Western Cape.
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