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...
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...
Jews being Jews in contemporary Kishinev
I have never seen a Lag B’omer parade specifically, but recognized immediately that it was the Lubavitcher community, and though I am neither a Lubavitcher nor an Orthodox Jew, I was glad to see...
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...
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....
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...
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...
Happy New Year – Moldova 5777
About 200 people gathered in the synagogue, for correct and kosher entering the new Jewish year, ask forgiveness for mistakes and forgive those who offended, to wish each other a good and sweet year...
Moldova Celebrates Purim with Joy
Hundreds of Jews in Kishinev and surrounding towns gathered on Purim to celebrate as a community and hear the Megillah. Rabbi Yosef Abelsky, shliach to Moldova, together with the shul board and the...
New Year New Beginning, Rosh Hashana 5776-2015 in Kishinev Moldova
This year, a record number of people attended the services, to hear the shofar, and to participate in the Yizkor memorial prayer for their departed loved ones. On the first day of Rosh Hashanah,...
“Sweet New Year” to the Kishinev and Moldova Jews
My dear friends, The High Holidays, Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, are just around the corner. During the coming weeks, Jews around the world will prepare to celebrate the New Year with prayer and...
Marching the 25th Lag Baomer Parade
In Moldova, we stick to tradition. This year, we had the 25th annual parade in honor of Lag B’omer. Parade was arranged by the synagogue committee for planning events. As part of the parade,...
Festive of light in Moldova – Chanukah 5775
Each evening of Chanukah, at the Great Synagogue of Kishinev, local Jews gathered for a Chanukah party and explanations of the nature of the holiday Many holiday festivities took place on every...
High Holidays 5775
This year, the Jews of Kishinev, capital of Moldova, observed the various laws and customs of Yom Kippur easily. Prior to Yom Kippur, they came to the Jewish Center next to the large Chabad shul in...
Rosh Hashana 5775 Appeal letter
Dear Friend, The community of Kishinev and Moldova recently suffered a great loss. Rabbi Zalman Abelsky OBM, who served as Chief Rabbi of Kishinev and Moldova, passed away on 29 Sivan 5774, June 24,...
Purim 5774-2014 In Kishinev, Moldova
The community in Kishinev, Moldova, held various Purim events across the city to bring the joy and happiness of Judaism to all Jews Hundreds of Jews filled the Shul by night and day to hear the...
Spreading the Light – Chanukah 2013 in Kishinev & Moldova
Chanukah festivities were in full swing in Kishinev, Moldova this year. Rabbi Zalman Abelsky and his wife Rebbetzin Leah Abelsky were joined by three students Rabbis, Shmulik Zalmanov, Mendel...
High Holidays in Moldova 5774 – A Digest of Activities
A range of activities, including shofar, services for the High Holidays in the Kishinev synagogues around the country, lulav and etrog, and dozens of sukkahs, along with Chassidic gatherings,...
Lag BaOmer parade took place in Kishinev
Lag Baomer parade took place in Kishinev, capital of Moldova. Lag Baomer parade set out from the courtyard of the Great Synagogue on Chabad Lubavitch Street. Present were members of the local Jewish...
Spreading Purim joy throughout Moldova – 5773
This year, just before Purim, the Chief Rabbinate of Moldova sent out a special letter to the Jewish communities in Kishinev explaining the meaning of the day and its commandments, and sending his...