Festive Hachnasas Sefer Torah Celebrates 18 Years of Chabad in the Philippines
Shluchim and community representatives from across the Philippines gathered for a Hachnasas Sefer Torah at the central Chabad House in Manila, donated by David Benashvili and his family, alongside celebrations marking 18 years of Chabad activities in the country • Full Story
Jewish joy in the heart of the Philippines: Shluchim and community representatives from across the country gathered for a Hachnasas Sefer Torah at the central Chabad House in Manila, donated by David Benashvili and his family, alongside celebrations marking 18 years of Chabad activities in the country.
On Monday, 22 MarCheshvan, a moving and unique event took place in the Philippines, combining a Hachnasas Sefer Torah for the central Chabad House in Manila with a celebration of 18 years of Chabad activity in the country.
For the festive occasion, Shluchim of the Rebbe Melech HaMoshiach and representatives of the Jewish communities from all across the Philippines gathered to take part together in the great simcha and to mark 18 years of extensive Jewish activity, mesirus nefesh, and the spreading of the light of Yiddishkeit and Chassidus throughout the country.
From the writing of the letters in BGC to the procession in Manila
The events opened with the writing of the final letters in the Sefer Torah, held in the BGC area, led by the Rebbe’s Shliach in the area, Rabbi Berel Zeitlin.
The new Sefer Torah was generously donated by David Benashvili and his family, for their merit and for blessing and success in all their needs, materially and spiritually.
Upon the completion of the writing of the letters, a festive procession set out toward the central Chabad House in Manila, with participants accompanying the Sefer Torah with singing and dancing, in a spirit of simcha shel mitzvah and Jewish unity.
When the procession arrived at the central Chabad House, festive hakafos were held with the Sefer Torah, as all the participants united in the great joy.
18 years of shlichus – eight Chabad Houses across the Philippines
Following the Hachnasas Sefer Torah, the main event marking 18 years of Chabad in the Philippines was held.
18 years ago, the first Shliach, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Halevi Levy, and his wife Tiferes Rochel Levy, arrived in the Philippines on the shlichus of the Rebbe Melech HaMoshiach, to establish and solidify Chabad activity in the country.
What began as a single shlichus in Manila has become over the years an empire of shlichus, today including eight Chabad Houses spread across the Philippines: Manila, BGC, Clark, Cebu, Boracay, Bohol, El Nido, and Siargao.
These Chabad Houses serve as a warm Jewish address for local Jews, businesspeople, and travelers from all over the world, providing spiritual and material support through tefillos, Torah and Chassidus classes, Shabbos and Yom Tov meals, mivtzoim, and Jewish activities throughout the year.
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