Rabbinical Students Aid Jewish Community for Passover

RYBINSK, Russia – The Jewish community of Rybinsk is currently hosting a visit by two rabbinical students, both of whom attend the Chicago Yeshiva. Yosef and Sholom are from the USA and Canada respectively. The two young emissaries are visiting Rybinsk, a settlement that does not have a resident rabbi, in order to assist the local community in holding its Passover Seders thanks to a collaborative initiative between the Federation of Jewish Communities of the CIS and Lubavitch World Headquarters.

Since their arrival, the students have been on a very tight schedule. Together with active community members and community Chairman Leonid Berkovsky, they took part in a conference call with Chief Rabbi of Russia Berel Lazar and other members of the Federation of Jewish Communities of Russia on Passover. In the lead-up to that discussion, the participants took the opportunity to discuss the current issues and challenges facing the local community in developing Jewish life in Rybinsk.