On Chof Av, all eyes are on Almaty, Kazakhstan. This is the story of how the nearly-extinguished ember of Judaism in Kazakhstan was fanned into a roaring flame in the 80 years since the passing of Harav Levi Yitzchok.
On Chof Av, all eyes are on Almaty, Kazakhstan. This is the story of how the nearly-extinguished ember of Judaism in Kazakhstan was fanned into a roaring flame in the 80 years since the passing of Harav Levi Yitzchok.
Rabbi Yeshaya Cohen, the Chabad Shliach and Chief Rabbi of Kazakhstan, shares stories from the early days in 1994 when he first arrived in Almaty.
30 Years of Jewish Strength! 80 Years of Spiritual Might!
Take part in spreading Yiddishkeit in the country where the Rebbe’s father spent his final years, and merit incredible brachos!
Thirty years ago, on Rabbi Levi Yitzchak’s birthday, Chabad emissaries arrived in Alma-Ata, fifty years after his passing. They found a community eager to reconnect with their Jewish heritage. The city where Rabbi Levi Yitzchak had spent his final years in exile has since blossomed with Jewish institutions. Today, Alma-Ata boasts a kollel, women’s club, kosher services, burial society, and Sunday school. Jews now celebrate holidays openly and proudly. Rabbi Levi Yitzchak’s legacy has come full circle, with vibrant Jewish life once again thriving in Kazakhstan.
Today, in Kazakhstan, the very location where Harav Levi Yitzchok sacrificed his life to spread Yiddishkeit, the Rebbe’s shluchim are continuing his legacy. With six Chabad Houses across the country, in the cities of Almaty, Astana, Pavlodar, Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kostanay, Karaganda, and Shymkent, a real Jewish revolution is taking place in Kazakhstan.
After decades of spiritual darkness, the Yidden of Kazakhstan are finally able to live proudly as Jews. They can join together to celebrate a bris, a bar mitzvah, to marry according to halacha, to learn Torah and daven and celebrate the yomim tovim.
With your help, the shluchim will continue and grow even stronger!
Click here to donate now and merit the Rebbe’s incredible brachos.
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