Friday, September 05, 2025
Israel said planning to spend $5.3 million to facilitate Hasidic pilgrimage to Ukraine
Israel will spend an estimated NIS 20 million ($5.3 million) to enable tens of thousands of Hasidic Jews to travel to Uman, Ukraine in an annual pilgrimage to the grave of Hasidic leader Rabbi Nachman of Breslov over the Rosh Hashanah holiday in September, according to a Channel 12 report.
Of that, NIS 8.7 million ($2.6 million) alone will be spent on the construction of a temporary terminal in Chișinău, in neighboring Moldova, which is expected to process some 500 pilgrims per hour.
Due to the war in Ukraine, most pilgrims will have to travel via Moldova.
Beyond that, expenses for food, policing, and security are expected to total around NIS 7 million ($1.9 million). Israel will send a support team of 90 security guards during flights, 24 police officers, and 50 translators.
The funds will be transferred directly from Israel to the Moldovan government, which demanded that Israel fund the terminal's construction and provide security and logistical support as conditions for its cooperation.
According to a Hebrew media report in August, Israel had until September 3 to transfer the full amount for the operation to the Moldovan government, or it would not be allowed to proceed.
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