S PAULO, Brazil — Brazilian President Luiz Inácio joined the Jewish community in ushering in the Jewish New Year with the blowing of the shofar and the distribution of challah dipped in honey .
Brazil’s President Receives Yom Kippur Message and New Year’s Blessings
S PAULO, Brazil — Brazilian President Luiz Inácio joined the Jewish community in ushering in the Jewish New Year with the blowing of the shofar and the distribution of challah dipped in honey .
Clad in a gray suit and sporting a yarmulke, Inácio received Jack Terpins, president of the Latin-American Jewish Congress, and a Chabad-Lubavitch rabbinical delegation in honor of the new year. Rabbi Yosef Schildkraut of Beit Chabad Itaim in S. Paulo gave Brazil’s leader an introduction to the meaning of Yom Kippur and presented him with a yad, a pointer used by those reading from a Torah scroll.
“The Torah is what guides every Jew in their life and the index finger on the hand is connected to the heart,” the rabbi told Inácio before turning to the Seven Noahide Laws applicable to all mankind. “So too this hand should symbolically represent that the president should follow in G-d’s commandments to all humans.”
During a lighter moment, Brazil’s chief executive attempted to blow the shofar, but to no avail. Schildkraut stepped in soon after, prompting Inácio to comment that he needed to grow his beard a little longer in order to become an expert at shofar blowing.
tk
way to go uncle yossi i guess the speech was really good
neice
go shildkrauts!!!