17.1.2013. 23:52 |
U Tokiju otvorena Mikve
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Tokyo Jewish Community Celebrates New Mikvah
By Chaya Schley | January 13, 2013 09:00 PM
Tokyo, Japan—Celebrating what Israel’s ambassador to Japan called a “miracle,” friends and supporters of Chabad-Lubavitch of Tokyo gathered at the opening and dedication of the metropolis’ new Jewish ritual bath called mikvah last week, a project which spanned more than four years.
Tokyo,Japan- Proslavljajući otvaranje i posvećenje nove ritualne kupke (Mikve) okupili su se prijatelji u podupiratelji Chabad Lubavitcha u Tokiju. Izraelski ambasador u Japanu je to nazvao "čudom", a projekt je trajao više od četiri godine.
Rabin Meni i Chana Sudakevich , jedan od direktora Chabad Lubavitcha u Tokiju, se doselila iz Izraela 2000. Sa populacijom više od 13 milijuna stanovnika, Tokio je najveće metropolotansko područje i u njemu je koncentrirana većina od 2.000 Židova Japana, te tisuće onih koji zbog posla ili kao turisti posjećuju grad svake godine.
Building a new mikvah in Tokyo has been a priority for the Sudakeviches. When the couple moved to Japan, another Jewish organization in Tokyo ran a mikvah, but it was closed in 2008. For the past four years, many Jewish residents of Tokyo have been traveling 325 miles to Kobe, the only other city in Japan with a Jewish community, to use their mikvah.
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