The mayor of a Ukrainian city has ordered a halt to construction work in the Jewish cemetery, the local Chabad rabbi was told.
Work was being done near the tomb of 18th-century Chasidic master, Rabbi Levi Yitzchak of Berdichev.
Mayor of Berdichev Vasily Konstantinovich said he cut short his vacation to visit the cemetery and instruct to stop the digging.
He was alerted by Rabbi Moshe Thaler, a Chabad-Lubavitch emissary there, and promised the works won’t resume until he consults with the Shliach.
