By Joshua Runyan, Chabad.org
Mumbai, India’s Jewish community celebrated Chanukah with increased vigor, continuing a tradition begun by the slain directors of the city’s Chabad-Lubavitch center by lighting a towering menorah at the Gateway to India monument.
Rabbi Chanoch and Leah Gechtman, the new directors of Chabad-Lubavitch of Mumbai, organized the public Gateway to India lighting, which saw local Jewish residents proudly dancing under tight security. The site was the point of entry for the gunmen who two years ago, rained terror down on the city and seized the city’s Chabad House. Its directors, Rabbi Gavriel and Rivka Holtzberg, died in the series of attacks that claimed 166 lives.
The Gechtmans also joined locals at the historic Knesset Eliyahu synagogue and ran holiday programs at a local hall. Each night, they welcomed tourists at their Chabad House, where they served a large holiday meal and handed out individual menorahs.
my brother mendel’s former teacher on hebrew onlineschool. chanoch, i say hello to you for mendy greenberg.
from: mendel’s sister. (the one who always goes behind him in the camera.
to: harav chanoch gechtman.
he was my teacher in online school
then there must be no security isues
G-d bless you for your amazing work. You are truly special people hatzlacho rabah
Kol hakavod to you and your family for doing such an amazing thing! You surely gotta be real brave to go off to India after what took place there but i know that the Rebbe is looking down and smiling down at his children seeing how much we care about what he cares about so dearly!! đŸ™‚ đŸ™‚
Wow! It’s so amazing b”h!
It’sd so nice to see how well he is continuing the Holtzberg’s Z”L Shlichus!