UMAN (VINnews) – The Ukrainian Embassy is not allowing Charedim to enter the country for the annual pilgrimage to the gravesite of Rabbi Nachman of Breslov during the Rosh Hashanah holiday, due to the Russian war in Ukraine.
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This year, due to the ongoing Russian war the Rosh Hashanah celebrations are uncertain, and visitors won’t be able to enter the country, Ukrainian Ambassador to Israel Yevgen Korniychu announced.
“Due to concerns for the lives and well-being of the visitors to Ukraine and in light of the blatant Russian war in our country, despite all efforts, we can not guarantee the security of pilgrims and do not currently allow tourists and visitors to enter Ukraine”.
“On this occasion, we address to you, because your prayers are important to us. Please pray that before Rosh Hashanah, the war in Ukraine, which broke out due to blatant and cruel russian aggression, will come to an end and pray for the victory of Ukraine”.
“We hope that the prayers will be fulfilled, and that Ukraine will once again be a country that generously receives visitors from Israel, and especially Jews who come to Ukraine to visit the graves of the righteous.”
Can non chareidim go?
Maybe Hashem is giving a message: stay home and daven in in Eretz Yisrael, our holy land, and stop running to the Gentile countries filled with tumah and Jewish blood.
Oh no, gulp, will people have to spend Rosh Hashanah at home?! With their families??! Horrible!
They should do this every year. A lot of families would be a lot happier if the husbands and fathers were home for yom tov.
The Ukrainians are angry on Israel, they seem to single them out over and over again with complaints, and so is Russia, הן עם לבדד ישכון
I understand there is a war on over there. Sorry for the inconvenience.
He wants us to daven for the end of the war and for the victory of Ukraine.
Thank you, no. I’ll daven for the end of the war and… if only there was a way they could both lose!