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Rabbi Lau to Address Shabbat Honoring
Olim in Jerusalem
08:36 Aug 30, '05 / 25 Av
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(IsraelNN.com) The Jerusalem Great
Synagogue will hold special Shabbat services this Saturday, 3
September 2005 to welcome the 1,800 new olim (immigrants) from
North America who have arrived this summer through Nefesh B’Nefesh. Tel Aviv
Chief Rabbi Yisrael Meir Lau, a former Chief Ashkenazi Rabbi
of Israel, will welcome Israel’s latest arrivals in a special
address to the synagogue.
Almost 3,200 North American
Jews will move to Israel this year, including the more than
1,800 who have arrived in July-August on six specially
chartered flights through Nefesh B’Nefesh, acting in close
coordination with the Jewish Agency for Israel.
As
well as special prayers led by Chief Cantor Naftali Herstik
and the sermon by Rabbi Lau, the Jerusalem Great Synagogue
will also host a lavish kiddush for the olim, following
services. The Jerusalem Great Synagogue Choir, conducted by
Elli Jaffe, will accompany Cantor Herstik.
Rabbi Lau,
who holds a long association with the Jerusalem Great
Synagogue, was the guest of honor on one of Nefesh B’Nefesh’s
summer flights. On August 2nd, Rabbi Lau joined some 250 North
Americans who flew out of JFK Airport in New York on one-way
tickets to Israel.
“The Jerusalem Great Synagogue, the
leading Jewish place of worship in Israel, is proud to welcome
the new Olim at this special Shabbat in their honor,” stated
synagogue Chairman Asher Schapiro.
“The new Olim
symbolize the best hope for a bright and successful future for
the State of Israel and for the People of Israel. There is no
more appropriate place to host this event than in the most
beautiful synagogue, sitting in the holiest city of the most
important place in the world for the Jewish People - the Land
of Israel. At this Shabbat we congratulate all of the
immigrants and bid them a hearty ‘welcome home!’
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Published: 07:17 August 30,
2005
Last Update: 08:36 August 30, 2005 |
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