Israeli Ambassador to Germany Honored in Menorah Lighting

On the final night of Hanukka the Israeli Ambassador to Germany Jeremy Issacharoff was honored to light the eighth candle at the Central Synagogue Chabad Berlin. Following the lighting Rabbi YehudaTeichtal, Rabbi of Berlin presented him the book of the great Rabbi Pele Yoetz, whose descendant the Ambassador is. The rare book was printed with German translation in 1899. The ambassador visibly moved said how meaningful and important this gift was to him.