Chabad-Lubavitch Provides Shelter to Evacuees of California Wildfires
As the wildfires burning out of control in Southern California forced all of San Diego County’s 250,000 residents to evacuate, Chabad-Lubavitch representatives there mobilized immediately.
Removing the Torah scrolls, backing up their computer files, and printing out community member lists, the Shluchim at 15 Chabad centers in the city lost no time ensuring that every individual or family appearing on their lists, were accounted for.
Four centers were designated shelters with information posted on Chabad San Diego’s websites for anyone needing help. The designated relief centers are: Chabad of Montezuma, Chabad of Downtown, Chabad on Island and 3rd, and until early Monday morning, Chabad of Poway, each of which made food, lodging and any necessary provisions and help available to locals.
But at 4:30 a.m., with dry, gale-force Santa Ana winds fanning the fires, Chabad of Poway was also under mandatory evacuation. Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein, Chabad rep to Poway, grabbed his community list and went door-to-door to help his community, mostly senior citizens, evacuate.
Many had no idea how bad the situation had become. “They thought I was coming to fetch them for morning services,” he said.
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proud
go Rebbe’s shluchim! thank you for ALWAYS being there. hope everyone’s safe & the Aibishter doubly replaces any losses.
Rosey
All of us outside of California could and should be praying for those in danger, as individuals and also with gatherings– thats the least we could do. Aside from Ahavas Yisroel, this could be a kiddush Hashem.
CHOSID CHABAD
THREE WORDS TO HEAD
"PRAY FOR RAIN" (LOTS OF IT)
Zalman Wasserman
I Believe sir you have a typo in this article. Not all of San Diego countys residents were evacuated, ANDF there are MUCH MORE than 250,000 residents living in San Diego county.