Eighty-six years ago, the Nazis ym”s shattered the windows of the Great Synagogue of Kaliningrad and set the building ablaze. Recently, the city witnessed the ultimate victory over the murderers in a scene of Jewish pride the likes of which the city’s Jews have not witnessed in a long time.
100 Chabad Shluchim - emissaries from Russia gathered in the Russian exclave which is between Lithuania and Poland for a weekend of unity and inspiration. The weekend-long gathering kicked off with the inauguration of the mikvah located in the basement of the recently restored shul building.
The keynote address was delivered by Chief Rabbi of Russia Berel Lazar, who expounded on the great zechus of increasing taharah. He also urged all local Jews and Jewish tourists from across Russia to frequent the shul, and take part in the many activities. At the event, attended by many community members, Kaliningrad Shliach Rabbi Avraham Boruch Deutsch described the difficult process of building the mikvah and expressed the community’s gratitude to all those who helped make the Mikvah possible.
