By COLlive reporter
After 70 years, comes 100 years.
Chassidim who celebrated the 70th anniversary of the Rebbe‘s leadership on Yud Shvat are now gearing up to mark another major Chassidic milestone: the 100th Beis Nissan – yartzeit of the Rebbe Rashab.
Hundreds of Rabbonim, Mashpiim, Shluchim, Chassidim and bochurim and Jews from around the world are planning to make the trip to Rostov-on-Don in Russia to commemorate the yartzeit of the 5th Rebbe of Chabad-Lubavitch.
The 100th yartzeit is on 2 Nissan 5780 (March 26-29, 2020). It will be marked at the Ohel resting place of the Rebbe Rashab, Rabbi Sholom DovBer Schneersohn (1860-1920) who has devoted himself to the future of the Jewish nation by involving himself in education on all levels.
Events surrounding Beis Nisan are planned to begin on Thursday and include Shabbos (March 26-29, 2020).
The program will include visiting the Rebbe Rashab’s house, his Mikvah, the historic Cantonist Shul and Zmievskaya Balka Memorial Site known as Russia’s Babi Yar.
The main program will be attended by Russia’s Chief Rabbi Berel Lazar, Vice Chairman of Merkos L’inyonei Chinuch Rabbi Moshe Kotlarsky, Bnei Brak’s Chief Rabbi Aizik Landa, Cholon’s Chief Rabbi Yochanan Gurary and Rabbi Yitzchak Kogan of Moscow.
They will be joined those who have already announced that they will be joining, among them Rabbi Leibel Schapiro with the bochurim of the Chabad Yeshiva in Miami, and Rabbi Sholom Ber Lipskar and members of The Shul of Bal Harbour in Florida. Both will be addressing the farbrengen.
The guest speaker at the main Beis Nisan farbrengen to be held in the Vertol Expo hall with the guests and members of the Jewish community in Rostov will be Rabbi YY Jacobson, the world-renowned speaker and dean of TheYeshiva.net.
Rostov’s Shliach Rabbi Chaim Danzinger is reminding the public that a visa is required to enter Russian and can take 2 weeks or more to arrange. He recommends beginning planning now for the dates 1-4 Nissan (March 26-29).
He says there are also limited hotels within walking distance so it would be best to reserve right away.
For travel information for this grand occasion, visit http://beisnisan.com
