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Menorot Are Lit
From Kremlin To Kotel

New York (JTA) — From
the Kremlin in Moscow to
the Western Wall in
Jerusalem and the head-
quarters of the Lubavitcher
Chasidic movement in
Brooklyn, Chanukah
menorot were lit simulta-
neously in a ceremony
witnessed by millions
around the world via
satellite broadcast.
The ceremony this year did
more than usher in the tra-
ditional Jewish "Festival of
Lights." It celebrated the
demise of 70 years of Com-
munist rule in the Soviet
Union, where religious
freedom has been restored.
More than 7,000 people
crammed into the Kremlin
Palace of Congresses for the
first Jewish festivities ever
held with the official bless-
ings of the Soviet govern-
ment.
The Lubavitcher Chasidim
hailed the historic occasion
as heralding the imminent
coming of the Messiah.
"Moshiach's on the Way"
read a banner across East-
ern Parkway, a grand
boulevard slicing through
Brooklyn's troubled Crown
Heights neighborhood,
where the Lubavitcher
rebbe, Rabbi Menachem
Schneerson, makes his
home.
In his remarks, broadcast
and telecast worldwide, the
rebbe said the technology
that has amplified an an-
cient message was a
manifestation of God's will.
On this Chanukah, "the
fulfillment of divine intent is
achieved when modern
technology is put to the use
of spreading godliness
around the world," he said.
"It was extremely moving
to see all the countries, espe-
cially from the Kremlin for
the first time," said Zalman
Shmotkin, a Crown Heights
rabbinical student who
helped coordinate the event.
"One of the children of
Chernobyl thanked the
rebbe from the Kotel
(Western Wall) for helping
him. The rebbe had tears in
his eyes," Mr. Shmotkin
said.
- The two-hour event was
broadcast on 70 public tele-
vision stations across the
United States and 1,400
cable stations in North
America.
Satellite-fed cable stations
broadcast the ceremony in
Israel, Argentina, Brazil,
Colombia, Costa Rica,
Venezuela, Britain, France,

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dentist who moved from
Moscow to Los Angeles last
March, found the ceremony
particularly meaningful.
In the Soviet Union, he
said, "I know that I am a
Jewish man, but I cannot
celebrate."
The Los Angeles event was
organized by the Chabad
Russian Immigrant Syn-
agogue and led by Rabbis
Na.ftali Estulin and Shimon
Raichik.

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