The Chief Rabbi of Moscow, J.L. Levin, has acknowledged by letter the receipt of a gift of etrogim and lulavim (citrons and palm branches) sent to Russian Jewry by the Canadian Jewish Congress for the celebration of the Succoth festival.
In the letter addressed to Michael Garber, president of the Canadian Jewish Congress, and written in Hebrew, Rabbi Levin said: “I am now in a position to advise you that with the help of God I have received the etrogim in good order and now we hope to observe the festival of joy in its entirety with the blessing over the lulav. With greetings and thanks.”
The Canadian Jewish Congress announced last week that it had received word from Canadian authorities that the gift was delivered in Moscow.
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