Rice. There are many different types of rice. Japanese are very particular about which rice they are using. Some are more sticky, some more firm, some are sweeter, some are good for sushi, some are good for mochi. Rabbi Edery visited a special farm in Hokkaido which produces several types of rice. A premium rice called “Yumepirika” used specially to make delicious sake. The rice farmer and his wife showed the Rabbi a huge pump that they had on their…
All over Japan one can find natural geysers and hot springs. There are many that can be found in the mountains, near rivers and lakes. Some are more commercialized, using the hot spring water, pumping up to the surface into a pool, sometimes adding regular tap water. Rabbi Edery recently visited Hokkaido to check the hot springs. According to Torah law, a kosher mikveh, ritual bath, has certain requirements. No pipes or pumps may be used in order for it…
Today is the new month of Tamuz. Rabbi Edery and Chabad Japan family wish you a joyous and meaningful month. May it be the month of Redemption. We are enjoying our beautiful fruit and vegetable garden. This season we have a lots of flowers on our fruit trees, pomegranate, olives, and peach. Our tomatoes, eggplants and cucumbers are very much growing high. 本日はヘブライ暦におけるタムズの月の初日です。 ラビ・エデリーとハバッド・ハウス・ジャパンの家族は皆様に幸せにあふれ、意味のある１か月となることを祈っています。 私たちは美しいフルーツと野菜の生る菜園を楽しんでいます。この季節には多くの花々とフルーツの実が生り始めています。ザクロにオリーブ、桃。トマトやナス、きゅうりも徐々に実が大きくなっています。
From March 7 to March 11, 2021, we held a panel exhibition at Chabad Tokyo in Sanno, Tokyo to introduce the relief activities conducted by Rabbi Binyomin and his friends in the wake of the Tohoku Tsunami disaster in 2011.The followings are the content of the panels. The links to the explanation of the panels are below. Yakiimo Project Distribution Centers Asian Rabbis Yamato Damashi T-sirts Fundraising in Beverly Hills National Azabu Partnership Haagen Dasz Project Piano Flower Project BBQ…
Rabbi Edery recounts: ‘’Friday afternoon, when the Tsunami hit Japan at 2:46 PM, the house was shaking very much, and we did not know what was happening. Guests came and told us that there was a huge Tsunami and enormous destruction in Tohoku. Saturday evening, we travelled immediately with a lot of relief to Tohoku. We distributed all that we had. When we started to travel back to Tokyo, we realized there was no gas station with gasoline in the…