In a simple, yet impressive ceremony last week, a beautiful new shul was dedicated in Moscow’s international airport for the benefit of the many Jewish travelers arriving in Russia or just passing through.
Present at the Shul’s dedication ceremony were the Chief Rabbi of Russia, Berl Lazar, his friends the Bareli family who sponsored the shul, and more.
After affixing a mezuza to the shul’s main doors, a special, mehudar Torah scroll was completed and placed into the beautiful aron kodesh amidst the singing and dancing of the crowd. This made a great Kiddush Hashem amongst the many passengers who were in the airport during this time.
The donors of the shul and torah were honored with Teffilin for two bar mitzva boys who are now learning in the Mesivta of Moscow, which educates many boys from all over Russia, preparing them for further learning in Yeshivas Tomchei Tmimim.
The shul was opened at the Domodedovo airport, the largest of the city’s four airports, where hundreds of passengers on El Al flights land and take off daily. May the other airports merit their own shuls in the near future too!
where is the shul in the moscow airport?
Mazel Tov amazing it’s a great idea the Shul in.Moscow airport to go from strength to strength happiness and successful Rabbi Berl Lazer you are the only person in Moscow is the man keep up the good work keep on smiling and Keep on Dancing
It seems a bit impractical here in our American airports to open a Shul as there are many terminals and there isn’t one place that all passengers have access to. For example in TVL there is just one terminal were all passengers go through. In JFK there are 8 terminals, so if there is a Shul in Terminal 4 how does that help someone traveling in Terminal 6? It might work in LGA where 90% of the flights go through Terminal B, but ORD it won’t as United is in Terminal 1, AA in Terminal 3 and all international flights… Read more »
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I am aware that there are Chabad stations at possibly a few American airports but I wasn’t aware that they have a Sefer Torah or a private prayer room. Please correct me if I’m wrong. Some of these stands may also only be seasonal at American airports. JFK’s is permanent I know.
Correction, its terminal 4 before tsa on left
OMG!
Rabbi Lazar is such an INSPIRATION. May he continue to be so and enjoy haztlaocho in ll that he does.
Very impressive indeed, I have never heard of an airport that had a prayer house in it let alone a shul well in any event, Kol Ha’Kavod!!
there is. in JFK at terminal 1
Does anyone think we might be able to get a shul at a busy American airport? It’s a very nice shul they have for a place like an airport. Looks like Russian Jewry are leading the way. Amazing, Yasher Choach!