Celebration was in the air this week in Smolensk, Russia, the capital city in the Smolensk Region where the town of Lubavitch is located.
Rabbi Avrohom Michoel Halperin, the rabbi of the French Hill neighborhood in Yerushalayim and a member of the Lubavitch Rabbinical court of Israel, arrived in Smolensk together with R’ Yedidia Hasin, the director of the building department of the “Ohr Avner foundation” chaired by Mr. Levi Leviev.
The Rabbis came at the behest of Rabbi Levi Mondshine, the shliach and chief rabbi of the Smolensk region. Rabbi Halperin is known to be a world reknowned expert on mikvaos and graciously agreed to come supervise the pouring of the mikva pools. In addition to the honor that Rabbi Halperin felt in taking part in building the mikva which will serve the visitors to Lubavitch where the Ohel of the Tzemach Tzedek and the Rebbe Maharash is located, Rabbi Halperin also noted that for him personally, he reached an extraordinary milestone with this mikva being the 100th mikva construction in which he was involved.
The building of the mikva is possible thanks to the generosity of the Ben- Eli family of Moscow and a grant from the mikva fund of the Rabbinical Center of Europe. The mikva building is being constructed on the campus of the Chabad Jewish Community of Smolensk where simeltaneously Rabbi Mondshine is building a new Synagogue and Jewish community center.
To be a small part of the story of this mikvah while I worked in RCE.
I.K.
To the shluchim whom I personally know. I understand that this mikva which will iyh serve Lubavitch is due in great part to the Ben-Eli family who understand the importance of it and are known benefactors.
wow!!!! may you continue to do all the good you already do
go chanie and levi
you are doing a amazing job
may you contine to give the Rebbe nachas
Mazel tov
wow, gr8 job!!
may this be this begining of many
love your fans!!!
A testimony to the increadible hardworking shluchim. May the mikvah and the new shul shower brachos on the entire region with brachos- ad bli day.
Smolensk is lucky to have you.
Your admirers from afar
Levi,
It is a pleasure to see how you and your wife and the small Shlichum are continuing in your Shlichus to bring even more elements of Jewish life into Smolensk. May the Rebbe’s brochos continue to give you strength “TZu oisfiren the Shlichus Bimlo hamuven”
Meyer
Wow!!
Looks amazing!! Go Chani!!