With many Jewish community members in Moldova still in lockdown due to the global Covid-19 pandemic, Chabad of Moldova arranged for a safe way to connect with them. A Sukkah Mobile was built to...
‘SUKKOS COMES TO YOU’ IN MOLDOVA
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Anti Semitic Vandalism at Jewish Cemetery in Kishinev, Moldova
Among those vandalized was the tombstone of Rabbi Yehuda Leib Tsirelson OBM, who served as Chief Rabbi of Bessarabia, a prominent posek and a member of the Romanian...
Purim In Kishinev, colorful packages of “Mishloach Manos” were distributed all over the city
Jewish Community Chabad of Moldova brought the joy of Purim to the Jews of Kishinev and the Transnistria, as they do every year. Despite the Coronavirus panic, celebrations continued in Moldova. In...
Chabad of Moldova Marks 30 Years
On the 30th anniversary of Chabad of Moldova, the president of the community Mr. Simcha Bojor made a commitment to raise the budgets to bring more families of Rabbis to Moldova. They paid tribute to...
Unforgettable Conference for Women – Key to Happiness
Jewish community of Moldova organized and held an unforgettable conference for 120 women, called "Key to Happiness”, which took place in the Central Chabad Lubavitch Synagogue in Kishinev. The...
Hundreds of Moldovan Jews gathered for a Lag B’Omer concert
Hundreds of Moldovan Jews from the cities of Kishinev, Bednery, Beltsy and Tiraspol gathered for the Lag B’Omer parade and a concert in honor of the Rashbi (Rabbi Shimon bar...
Rabbi’s Visit Break-Off Country
Chabad Shluchim in Moldova made sure that the nearby break-off country of Transnistria also celebrated Pesach this year. Moldovan President Igor Dodon sent a letter of blessings to...
Jewish Moldova Celebrates Purim 5779
Jewish community of Moldova celebrated a joyous Purim, with programs directed by Rabbi Menachem Mendel and Chaya Mushka Axelrod together with Rabbi Mendy and Leah Gutzel. On Purim Eve, many...
Chanukah 5779, Brings Light to the Republic of Moldova
Brings Light - Moldova 5779 Moldova was truly illuminated with the light of Chanuka this year. Over twenty events took place, in the cities of Kishinev, Beltz, Benderi and Tiraspol. Some were geared...
A full month filled with Holidays –
The month filled with some of the most important Jewish holidays- Rosh Hashana, Yom Kippur, Sukkot and Simchat Torah- has come to an end. There was an exceptionally joyous spirit in our community in...
Hundreds of Moldovan Jews: men, women and children. Took part in the Lag B’Omer events
Hundreds of Moldovan Jews: men, women and children. Took part in the Lag B’Omer events. That took place in the Jewish kindergarten and in the Chabad synagogue in Kishinev. The participants marched...
2018 – Moldova Experiences the Holiday of Freedom
Hundreds of people partook in this year’s variety of Passover celebrations. The atmosphere of the holiday was already felt in the synagogue a few days before the holiday began. Matzohs were...
“Moldova Matters at Frisch” Succeeds in Making a Dream Come True for Two Moldovan-Jewish Teens
When Alyssa Panga, 13, and her half-brother, Garrik Sementin, 18, arrived in New York from the Republic of Moldova, at the end of February to attend Chabad’s C-Teen Convention, their visit was a...
Festive Purim in Moldova 2018
Hundreds of Jews partook in the Purim festivities in Moldova this year. Events took place in Moldova’s capital, Kishinev, and in the smaller, surrounding cities of Tiraspol and Bendery as well....
Chanukah 2017 – 5778 candles light up Moldova
Thousands of Jews were exposed to the holiday, and to the meaning of Chanukah. The Republic of Moldova was shining with the beautiful lights of the Chanukah Menorahs. More than twenty...
Rabbi Meets Moldovan President
Marking the Moldovan Independence Day, Rabbi Zushe Abelsky met the president of Moldova, Mr. Igor Dadon. Rabbi Abelsky blessed the president with much continued success with his work,...
MOLDOVAN JEWISH COMMUNITY REMEMBERS ELIE WIESEL
MOLDOVAN JEWISH COMMUNITY REMEMBERS ELIE WIESEL ON FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF HIS PASSING This past Motzei Shabat (Saturday night), July 1 2017, Ches Tammuz 5777, over 300 Jews gathered in...
Celebrating Lag B’omer 2017 in Moldova
For the 28th time This year, men, women and children from the cities of Kishinev and Bendery. Gathered together, and marched in a grand Lag B’omer Parade. The parade left from the Chabad...
Hundreds celebrated the Passover 2017 holiday in Moldova
Hundreds of Jews took part in lavish Passover Seders throughout Moldova, in the capital city of Kishinev and in the Prideniestre Region. In preparation for the Passover holiday, the Chabad Shluchos...
Purim ‘Around the Clock’ – Moldova 2017
Hundred of Jews in Moldova celebrated the holiday of Purim in Moldova this year. Megillat Esther readings, Purim meals, Mishloach Manot, and children’s activities were organized by Chabad of...
Chanukkah lights beams towns of Moldova
Chanukkah lights beams towns of Moldova - Many hundreds of Jews took part in Chanukkah events across Moldova. Large menorahs that were lit by Rabbi Abelsky and Rabbi Shmuel Zalmanov, lighting...
Shake a Lulav – Kishinev Bendery and Tiraspol Sukkot 5777
Many hundreds of Jews of Kishinev, Bendery and Tiraspol took part in the joy of Sukkot, congratulated and shook the four species. A lean and compact Sukkah were prepared to reach Jews who arrived in...
Moldova’s Shluchim put Teffilin to dozens of Israeli guests
Hundreds of Israeli supporters of ‘Ha’poel Be’er Sheva’ came to Moldova for a big soccer game between ‘Ha’poel Be’er Sheva’ and Sherif Tiraspol. The Shluchim of Moldova came to put on Tefillin, with...
Jewish Pride at Moldavian Capital
Close to 1,000 men, women and children marched up the main streets of Kishinev with live music and Jewish themed signs to mark Lag B'Omer. A thousand men, women and children from the towns of...
Monumental Jewish Evening in Moldova Inspires
In what was perhaps the largest Jewish event in over 10 years, close to 1000 Jews from all across Moldova gathered in Kishinev’s magnificent Philharmonic Concert Hall for an inspiring evening. The...
Holocaust Victim Memorial in Bendery
Rabbi Shmuel Zalmanov, of Chabad Moldova, recited the Kaddish prayer at the Holocaust Victim Memorial in Bendery, Moldova, on Holocaust Remembrance Day. Rabbi Shmuel Zalmanov, of Chabad Moldova,...
Jewish Kishinev Gathers for a Touching Concert Performance
This past week, members from the Jewish community in Kishinev, gathered to attend a special concert at the Great Chabad Lubavitch Synagogue in Moldova. The concert was organized in honor of the new...
Holocaust Remembrance Day 2015 – Kaddish prayer
At the 27th of January 2015, International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the Jewish community of Moldova, civil society, diplomats and politicians got together near the monument "Prisoners of the...
President of Moldova Meets New Chief Rabbi
The first meeting between president of Moldova, Mr Nicolae Timofti, and new Chief Rabbi, Rabbi Yosef Yitzhak Abelsky took place, at the ceremony of the Moldovan Independence Day. Mr. Timofti found...
Pro-Israel rally in Kishinev
Pro-Israel rally took place at the Jerusalem Street in Kishinev. New Chief Rabbi Yosef Y. Abelsky is addressing the crowd. In the center is Mr Alexander Bilinkis, at the right R' Daniel Mountin....
Humanitarian Services in Moldova
Humanitarian Services in Moldova Can you imagine going to the grocery store and finding bare shelves? Can you saving a week’s salary just to buy underwear, tee shirts and socks? Can you imagine...
Rabbi Zalman Abelsky OBM
Rabbi Zalman Abelsky, Shliach and Chief Rabbi of Kishinev, Moldova passed away on Friday, 29 Sivan, 5774. He was 87. Rabbi Abelsky led the rebirth of Judaism and Jewish communal life in Kishinev,...
