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Rabbi Nahman



Hundreds of Hasidic Jews held up at Ukraine border over coronavirus

  • Tens of thousands of Hasidic Jews travel every Jewish New Year to the town of Uman in central Ukraine to visit the tomb of Rabbi Nahman
  • The pilgrims set off even though last month the Ukrainian and Israeli governments called on Hasidic Jews not to travel to Uman this year
By AFP ·

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