Seder With 500 Refugees and Orphans at Chabad Berlin

With more than 500 Ukrainian refugees Chabad Berlin opened the Seder evening. For this purpose, two large festive rooms and a tent were arranged at the Jewish Educational Center, where the Seder was held at long festive tables.

At the beginning of March, more than 100 Jewish children and teenagers from an evacuated orphanage from Odessa came to live with Chabad Berlin. Among them were orphans, but also boys and girls who had been “shipped” by their parents on the 2000-kilometer journey to safety in Berlin. In the following weeks, more and more Jewish families who had fled from Odessa, Dnipro and Kyiv arrived in Berlin, and now more than 500 refugees have found their Jewish home with Chabad Berlin. “We are happy to welcome them with open arms in our community” said Rabbi Yehuda Teichtal, chairman of Chabad Berlin community, which also covered all costs.

The Berlin government also did not fail to congratulate the Chabad Berlin community and all its newcomers on Passover: State Secretary Ana-Maria Trasnea addressed the assembled congregation in the synagogue and extended Passover greetings on behalf of the government.