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Moroccan Jewry Celebrates A Double Yovel

 The Jewish community of Morocco marked 50 years of the Rebbe’s leadership at a festive celebration in Casablanca. Many of the speakers noted that fifty years had also passed since the Rebbe began his work in Morocco. This began before the Rebbe officially accepted the nesius, when he sent the first shluchim to establish the school system throughout the country.

The event took place on the 16th of Shvat in a large tent, which was erected especially for the occasion. The celebration was organized by mosdos Chabad of Morocco, directed by Rabbi and Mrs. Shalom Eidelman.

Over 1,000 men, women and children participated in the grand event, as well as all the rabbanim of Moroccan communities. You could see how each participant really felt a part of the event, because everybody there had a personal connection to the Rebbe. Either they learned in his mosdos or they received directives and brachos from the nasi ha’dor.

The event was chaired by Dr. Gavriel Elharrar, one of the students in the kollel, who, after brief words of introduction, called upon Rabbi Aharon Monsonago, chief rabbi of Morocco, to say a few words. The chief rabbi pointed out that the event was close to Chamisha Asar B’Shvat, the new year for fruit trees, as now, after fifty years, we can really appreciate the fruits of the Rebbe’s labors.

Following him, the president of the Jewish community, Mr. Bordoga, spoke about memories of his childhood when he lived in Maknes. His father was serving as head of that community at the time the Rebbe sent the first shaliach, Rabbi Michoel Lipsker, a’h, to open the first branch of Lubavitch in Morocco.

A guest speaker from Montreal, a graduate of the Chabad mosdos of Morocco, Rabbi Refael Dovid Banun, spoke. Today he is a member of the beis din of Montreal. Other rabbanim were called upon, all of them graduates of Chabad mosdos in Morocco. They all spoke about thanking Hashem for endowing us with the wondrous leadership of the Rebbe. Indeed, the Rebbe saved Moroccan Jewry by means of the shluchim he sent there, and who continue their work there.

Other graduates who serve in distinguished rabbinic positions spoke. Among them was Rabbi Avrohom Dahan, a rav in Casablanca, who was a shepherd when he applied to the Chabad yeshiva. Thanks to the chinuch he received and the talents he is blessed with, he grew in Torah knowledge and Chassidus until he reached the position he enjoys today.

Others included in the program, were Rabbis Yaakov Dreshman of Tangiers, Dovid Haddad of Agadir, and Yosef Yisroel and Chanania Milul of Casablanca.

Closing words were given by Rabbi Eidelman, who emphasized that the Rebbe continues to lead us today as before, as evidenced by the countless miracles we see daily. He concluded with the certainty that such a gathering of unity and hiskashrus will surely speed the final revelation, immediately now.

   

YECHI ADONEINU MOREINU V'RABBEINU MELECH HA'MOSHIACH L'OLAM VA'ED!

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