Yahrtzeit of Rabbi Yisroel Salanter Marked In Kaliningrad
The Jewish community of Kaliningrad marked the 142nd yahrtzeit of Rabbi Yisroel Salanter, OBM, founder of the Musar movement. He founded his yeshiva in the nearby city of Kovno but was buried in the city of Kaliningrad, which was known as Kenigsburg while it was under German rule • Full Story, Photos
By Chabadinfo Reporter
The Jewish community of Kaliningrad marked the 142nd yahrtzeit of Rabbi Yisroel Salanter OBM, founder of the Musar movement. He founded his yeshiva in the nearby city of Kovno but was buried in the city of Kaliningrad, which was known as Kenigsburg while it was under German rule. At the end of WWII, Kaliningrad was annexed to the USSR, and today it is a Russian enclave with a European flavor nestled on the Baltic Sea between Poland and Lithuania).
Every year on the yahrtzeit, the city’s Jews visit his Kever to pray and light candles, despite the bitter cold outside.
Three years ago, at the initiative of the Chabad shliach in Kaliningrad, Rabbi Avraham Boruch Deutch, a permanent structure was completed over the kever. The building was overseen by Rabbi Yisroel Meir Gabbai, president of “Oholei Tzadikim”, and with the assistance of his grandson, philanthropist Rabbi Reuven Dessler from the USA, who also supports the Chabad activities in the city.
Photos: Mevaser Tov Moscow
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