Chai Elul in Lubavitch!

It is a Jewish tradition to go to the grave-sites of holy people to pray before the holiday of Rosh hashono, we asked our sages to beseech for us before G-d to grant us a sweet new year.

A group of active Ulyanovsk synagogue goers have requested the leaders of the community to arrange such a trip, which was arranged on the auspicious day of 18th of Elul (the birthday of the ba'al shem tov, and also the birthday of Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi the first Lubavitcher Rebbe, and 8 years since the arrivel of Rabbi Yosef and Sara Marozov to Ulyanovsk) 

The trip began with a Friday tour of the Moscow Jewish community, followed by a Shabbaton at our brother congregation of "Chistaya Prudi", followed by a trip Sunday morning (September 14th) to Smolensk, where as preparations towards visiting our holy sages, the group emerged in the Mikva, after which we finally arrived to Lubavitch.

In Lubavitch, we visited the courtyard of the Lubavitch Rebbe's, prayed, blew the Shofar, and each person wrote his personal letter to put at the grave, and then prayed at the graves of the Lubavitcher Rebbes

After completed prayers at the holy graves the group had a Farbreingen, then drove back for 16 hours by car to Ulyanovsk. 

We thank Lev Zingorenco for lending his Van and driving all the way to Lubavitch! Mr. Oleg Feldman for sponsoring the Shabbaton and Farbreingen, and of course our dear President Mr. Igor Dabakarov for seeing that this trip happens.