Wald, a young Ukrainian Jew who was drafted into the army due to the ‘state of emergency’, took advantage of the respite he received from the battles – and arrived at the Chabad house in Poltava to put on tefillin • The emissary: ”He rang in the morning,
A young Ukrainian soldier named Wald arrived at the Chabad House in the city of Poltava today (Sunday), directly from the battle zone against Russia – and asked to wear tefillin.
Rabbi Simcha Lebenhertz, a Chabad emissary in Kiev who is staying in the city with his father-in-law, put on tefillin with him.
Rabbi Simcha, the son of Rabbi Moti Lebenhertz, the principal of the largest Jewish school in Kiev, told COL: “Wald is a resident of the city and is one of the members of the community. A few days ago, he enlisted in the army, as part of the state of emergency and the law that obliges all young people to enlist.
“He called in the morning and said that the first thing he wanted to do was put on tefillin, before he returned home. When he finished laying, he thanked the emissaries, thanked the Chabad who remained in the area – and seemed very excited.
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