Chabad’s mass Passover arrangements around the world have long since become a thing of the past, but in the last two years when Israel was in an air blockade in the shadow of the corona and countries around the world refused to accept foreign nationals, arrangements for Israeli travelers and backpackers seemed at once. A special one that will deal with the issue and coordinate the activities of Chabad houses for Israelis around the world, both on Passover and the rest of the year.
On average, about half a million people participate in the public events organized by Chabad around the world, with tens of thousands participating in hundreds of such events in Israel itself. , Hold Passover sederim intended specifically for them, in which about 50,000 participants are expected to take part this year, as in the years before the Corona.
Among the special arrangements for Israelis you can find more than 15 arrangements throughout the United States, from Los Angeles on the west coast to Panama City Beach in Florida on the east coast. , Caribbean and Peru.In Asia the recognized arrangements will be made in Nepal, Thailand, India, Japan, Vietnam.In Europe they will be made in Bulgaria, Georgia, Holland, Hungary, Austria, Greece, Malta, Montenegro, Turkey, Cyprus and more.
Additional arrangements will also be made on the Australian continent, the African continent and many of the countries of the former Eastern Bloc. In the past year, with the signs of the world’s recovery from the corona and the return of flights between the various countries, Rabbi Moshe Kotlersky, the tour guide of the Chabad Center for Education – the body established by the Lubavitcher Rebbe to operate Chabad houses around the world, decided to establish a special organization. Uniting all the Chabad houses for Israelis working abroad. It is headed by Rabbi Shimon Binstock, who works with Israelis in Toronto, Canada.
Rabbi Binstock: “Our goal is to assist in the daily operation of Chabad houses for Israelis by creating and producing materials tailored to their needs, which will save the emissaries in the various countries the time and effort involved in producing independent activities on routine and holidays. The new body compiles a list of most of the arrangements that Chabad makes in Hebrew abroad, and we have already received hundreds of inquiries from Israeli families and individual travelers looking to celebrate Passover in the country in which they are now. “
