The Canadian Jewish Congress received confirmation today through the Canadian Department of External Affairs that an air shipment of religious supplies for the Succoth holiday it had sent to Moscow had been received by Chief Rabbi Yehuda Leib Levin there.
The decision to send the supplies to Moscow was taken by the Canadian Jewish Congress when one of its officers, returning from a private business trip to the Soviet Union, reported that religious Jews there were concerned that the traditional ethrogim and lulavim might not be available for the Jewish holiday which falls later this month.
The supplies were gathered in the United States and Israel, Their dispatch was facilitated by the Canadian Department of External Affairs which aided in obtaining necessary certification from the Department of Agriculture and the Soviet Consulate-General, and by Air Canada which aided in clearing the shipment through the Canadian and Soviet customs and delivered it to the Central Synagogue in Moscow.
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