Chartered Flight to Depart to Alma Ata for Chof Av

By COLlive reporter

With restrictions on travel still in place in Alma Ata, Kazakhstan, due to the COVID 19 pandemic, the annual trip to mark the Yartzeit of Rabbi Levi Yitzchok Schneerson, the Rebbe’s father, once again required a great deal of effort and planning.

With travelers currently banned from entering Kazakhstan from the US, a group of businessmen from Bais Shmuel Chabad have been able to arrange, with great effort, for special permission for a charter flight.

The private flight will depart on Tuesday, July 27 at approximately 3:00 PM and will return Thursday, July 29, in time for participants to be able to mark the day of Chof Av at the Rebbe’s Ohel in New York.

During the day spent there, the guests will be allowed to enter Alma Ata, accompanied by the police, for immersion in a Mikveh, prayer, and entering the holy gravesite of Reb Levi Yitzchak.

The entire trip, which will be approximately 20 hours on the ground, is being subsidized by generous donors.

The private charter flight has 3 cabins, with First Class, Economy Comfort and Coach seating. First Class seating, which is nearly sold out, is $8,000 per person. Economy Comfort – a larger seat than Coach – is $4,000 per person. Coach seats are available at $2,000 per person.

Accommodations in Alma Ata and food are all included in the trip.

Limited seats are still available. To join the trip, call Dovid Rogatsky at 917 416 8380.