Passover 2021 – A year ago, the world was shut down almost entirely. Many celebrated a Pesach they had not anticipated, isolated from their loved ones. This year, most are grateful to be able to...
PASSOVER 2021: CORONAVIRUS IS NOT OVER
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‘SUKKOS COMES TO YOU’ IN MOLDOVA
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...
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...
Hundreds of Moldovan Jews gathered for a Lag B’Omer concert
There they gathered for a musical evening with the famous Violinist Mordechai Brodski and the artist Konstantin Moskowitz, who entertained the crowd with music and art. There...
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...
Bar Mitzvah at the age of 70! Mazal Tov
On his 70th birthday, Mr. Albert Volfenzon from Bendery celebrated his Bar Mitzvah, by donning Tefillin for the first time in his life. Mr. Vofenzon also joined our “Kolel Torah”...
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...
“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...
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...
Tu Bishvat in the Art Café for the Kishinev Women
In honor of Tu Bi'Shvat 16 – January 12, an evening for women, to fulfill a special Mitzvah for women, “Hafrashat Challah” was held in the Art Café, in the center of Kishinev. Approximately...
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...
Jewish community takes part in the day of national minorities
Moldova celebrated the day of national minorities. After all, a lot of us are in Moldova! In addition to kosher treats and delicious kosher wine, to the Jews was given an opportunity to put on...
Music that Jewish heart can not live without
Music that Jewish heart can not live without. Music that recalls the tears and joy. Songs, that help once again to plunge into the atmosphere of the Jewish feasts, delicious dishes Yiddish mothers...
United States Ambassador Visits Kishinev’s Synagogue
The United States Ambassador to Moldova, Jim Pettit, came for a visit to the Chabad Shul in Kishinev, Moldova,. After the tour he and his family members put on Tefillin The United States Ambassador...
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...
Pessach preparations in Kishinev and Moldova are in full swing!
Pessach preparations in Kishinev and Moldova are in full swing! Tens of children came together to make Matzos and expirience the holiday. They were able to see how the dough is prepared and baked,...
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...
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,...
A Message of Unity Across Moldovian community worldwide – Chanukah 5776
Each night of Chanukah the Great Chabad Synagogue of Moldova hosted a festive Menorah lighting. The place was filled with professionals, students and families, for a joyous Chanukah celebration,...
Fruits for Moldova’s Orphans
Early this week Rebbetzin Leah Abelsky got a call from Clara 'former director' of an orphanage in Kishinev, Moldova. “The children here have not had fruit in weeks,” they said. Having lost her own...
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...
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,...
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,...
Matzos Wine and Haggadot – Passover 5775 in Kishinev
In honor of the holiday of Pesach, Chabad of Kishinev arranged many activities, in anticipation of the holiday. A truckload arrived with Matzah and other traditional Pesach foods, to be distributed...
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...
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...
Moldova Rep to the United Nation Joins “One People, One World”
The Institute of Noahide Code, a non-governmental organization with consultative status at the United Nations, hosted an event at 777 UN Plaza on Monday called “One People, One World.” The...
Condolences Letter from Chief Rabbi of Israel
Condolences Letter from Chief Rabbi of Israel To the Jewish community of Moldova, I would like to send my condolences to the Jewish communities in the country of Moldova following the passing of...
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...
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,...
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....
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,...
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...
