Tuesday, September 08, 2009
25,000 Jews flocking to Uman
Some 25,000 Jews from all over the world are set to make the annual pilgrimage to the central Ukrainian city of Uman.
The first two groups of about 60 Hasidic Jews recently arrived in Uman, home to the grave of Rabbi Nachman of Bratslav, founder and spiritual leader of the Bratslav Chasidic movement, to celebrate the Jewish New Year.
In the period before the Sept. 19 start of the Rosh Hashanah holiday, the Ukraine’s State Border Guard Service predicts the arrival of 25,000 Jews from all over the world to Uman to celebrate the holiday. On Sept. 15 alone, 22 direct flights from Israel to Ukraine will ferry groups of pilgrims to area airports.
About 100 air planes will fly between Tel Aviv and Kiev in the next 10 days.
The Ukraine’s State Border Guard Service expect that most of the pilgrims will arrive in organized groups at the Borispol International airport as well as the airports of Odessa, Dnepropetrovsk, Lvov and Vinnitsa, and some others will take flights going through Hungary, Romania and Poland, which are less expensive. Some others will drive into the country.
At the airports and train stations special areas will be designated for the pilgrims to pass through customs.
Passport control will be conducted directly on the planes during the chartered flights from Ben Gurion International Airport to Kiev's Borispol Airport and then the Jewish pilgrims will move to buses in Borispol.
Rebbe Nahman was born in the city of Medzhybizh in 1772 and died in 1810 in Uman. Since then, Uman has become a mecca for Bratslaver Chassids, particularly on Rosh Hashanah.
Uman city authorities told JTA that all necessary services are ready to properly receive the Jewish pilgrims.
http://jta.org/news/article/2009/09/08/1007686/25000-jews-flocking-to-uman
The first two groups of about 60 Hasidic Jews recently arrived in Uman, home to the grave of Rabbi Nachman of Bratslav, founder and spiritual leader of the Bratslav Chasidic movement, to celebrate the Jewish New Year.
In the period before the Sept. 19 start of the Rosh Hashanah holiday, the Ukraine’s State Border Guard Service predicts the arrival of 25,000 Jews from all over the world to Uman to celebrate the holiday. On Sept. 15 alone, 22 direct flights from Israel to Ukraine will ferry groups of pilgrims to area airports.
About 100 air planes will fly between Tel Aviv and Kiev in the next 10 days.
The Ukraine’s State Border Guard Service expect that most of the pilgrims will arrive in organized groups at the Borispol International airport as well as the airports of Odessa, Dnepropetrovsk, Lvov and Vinnitsa, and some others will take flights going through Hungary, Romania and Poland, which are less expensive. Some others will drive into the country.
At the airports and train stations special areas will be designated for the pilgrims to pass through customs.
Passport control will be conducted directly on the planes during the chartered flights from Ben Gurion International Airport to Kiev's Borispol Airport and then the Jewish pilgrims will move to buses in Borispol.
Rebbe Nahman was born in the city of Medzhybizh in 1772 and died in 1810 in Uman. Since then, Uman has become a mecca for Bratslaver Chassids, particularly on Rosh Hashanah.
Uman city authorities told JTA that all necessary services are ready to properly receive the Jewish pilgrims.
http://jta.org/news/article/2009/09/08/1007686/25000-jews-flocking-to-uman
Comments:
IN THIS TOUGH ECONOMIC TIMES THE MONEY SHOULD BE SPENT ON HELPING POOR FAMILIES.WE GET COUNTLESS REQUESTS FOR HELP AND YET SOME PEOPLE SPLURGE MONEY ON THIS.I WONDER HOW MUCH THIS TRIP WILL COST ? ANYBODY HAVE ANY IDEA ?
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: September 08, 2009 9:59 AM
: September 08, 2009 9:59 AM
We belong with our wives and children on these days.
woodstock was 40 years ago
woodstock was 40 years ago
Comment Credit ---This article posted by : September 08, 2009 6:14 PM
: September 08, 2009 6:14 PM
Someone should donate Soap and Shampoo it must smell bad down by Uman.
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