As preparations were underway in Israel for the funeral of known kabbalist Rabbi Elazar Abuhatzeira OBM, a baby was named after him.
Chanan Elazar was the name given at a ceremony Friday morning at Chabad’s Marina Roscha Synagogue and Jewish Community Center in Moscow.
The parents, like many others in the Jewish world, were shaken by news of the stabbing of the Baba Elazar Thursday night by a man seeking marital advice at his yeshiva in Beersheba.
After consulting with Russia’s Chief Rabbi Berel Lazar, they decided on the name.
So sweet you should get nachas from him and he should grow up to be as tora learned as Baba Elazar!
Moshiach Now In our times!
KOL HAKAVOD… WITH MUCH MORE NACHAT