In honor of the 18th of Elul, among the numerous events in the Jewish Community of Dnipro, a grand women’s farbrengen was held for those who, for various reasons, could not travel to Hadiach and participate in the events at the Alter Rebbe’s ohel.
The farbrengen, which took place in the cozy “Menorah Cafe” of the world’s largest Jewish center “Menorah,” began with writing Pidyon Nefesh (redemption notes), with each participant giving tzedakah, and then the event’s hostess, Mrs. Edna Yudovich, invited everyone to the tables. At the farbrengen, Mrs. Sheina Smilyanskaya spoke about the significance of the great tzaddikim Israel Baal Shem Tov and Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi, about how the Alter Rebbe’s fundamental work “Tanya” changed the understanding of every Jew’s relationship with the Almighty, about the most important mission these great Teachers placed upon everyone regarding the revelation of Divine Light and how we spread it through their Teaching. Mrs. Anael Gaysinskaya shared her personal experience related to how the Leader of our generation, the Seventh Lubavitcher Rebbe Menachem Mendel Schneerson, approached the commandment of Ahavat Yisrael and how he embodied it in real actions and deeds.
Throughout the farbrengen, niggunim sounded repeatedly, which the entire hall picked up, accompanied by accordion, played as always virtuosically by Rebbetzin Tzipora Nachshon. At the conclusion of the farbrengen, each woman received a gift from Naomi Radyakina – a set of Shabbat candles, intended to help spread spiritual light as widely as possible, illuminating as many Jewish families as possible in our city.
“Unfortunately, not all women could participate in the trip to Hadiach organized by the Jewish Community of Dnipro, and for them, Tzipora Nachshon and I tried to organize such a farbrengen, and it seems to me that everything turned out very well,” says Chaya Prasolova, activist of the Jewish women’s movement. “Of course, everything turned out so wonderfully thanks to our beautiful, united and cohesive Jewish Community of Dnipro under the leadership of its Chief Rabbi Shmuel Kaminezki.”
