By COLlive reporter
Photos by Levi Lazarov
The 14th annual Melave Malka for the free loan society Keren Chaya Mushka in Moscow was held recently, celebrating the financial assistance it provides to Jews from across the former Soviet Union.
Russia’s Chief Rabbi Berel Lazar founded the charity in memory of his daughter Chaya Mushka Lazar OBM who passed away on 16 Adar 5757 at the age of 7.
Held in a social hall overlooking the Moscow River, speakers highlighted the importance of chessed and how the organization provides loans and financial assistance to large families in need, weddings, Passover provisions and more.
Attending the event were community members, supporters, Rabbi Yitzchak Kogan of the Bolshoy Bronnaya Synagogue in Moscow, Dayan Rabbi Yisroel Birenbaum, Israel’s consul in Russian Yaakov Rosh and the Director of the JDC of Russia Alec Naden.
Entertaining the evening, which included a lavish meal and dancing, was the orchestra of Shlomo Niaz’in.
The highlight was a silent video produced by Avraham Vitkin showing the ripple effect of being kind to another person. The video, filmed at the Chabad institutions in the city, was deeply moving.
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Oibershter, look what the Rebbe has done and continue to do;spreading yiddishkeit and gutskeit around the world,
Oibershter, zol shoin zyn der geula!!
But I’m a little confused about what was happening…can someone explain??
Done very well……………..Rabbi Lazar wising u go Mechayil El Chayil in all ur work! A true soldier in the Rebbes army!
I watched this video a few days ago and I’m stll thinking about it. we honestly might never know the affects of our single action but a good will almost always lead to many more. a nice word can cause another person to have a good day which can cause him to talk kinder to his wife etc etc etc. the far reading goodness from our one small action can be unbelievable.
… was crying the whole time…and I am not russian… what heart….amazing….
this video got me crying, really we should focus on Olam Chesed Yibone, why dont we?
Amazing video, one of the best Jewish videos ever put together
tears as i watched
So professional!
Absolutely beautiful! We can all take a lesson from it, its so amazing!
Ill join the crowd that were brought to tears by this video, it was so well made and executed
Very well made…teary-eyed. Thanks for uploading!
it actually made me cry.
so well made
Video Chazak! Thank you for sharing!
That video was so touching, I’m still in tears ….so inspiring
The most Amazing thing about this video is too see a whole room of home grown frum boys with Yarmulkas and Tzitzis sitting proudly in a yeshiva within Russia.
What an incredibly moving video
Brought me to tears