Last week Rabbi Edery’s wife, Efrat took part in the annual ”Chabad of Asia Women’s Conference”. Chabad of Cochin, India, Rabbi Zalman and Sheindy Berenstein hosted the event. To date there are 14 Chabad Houses in India from the most Northern point to the Southern point, such as Vattakanal, Hampi, Kudli Beach, Puna, Varanasi, Delhi, Pushkar, Goa, Daramsala, Kasol. Each Chabad House does all that they can to help the people who come. It was truly an incredible experience seeing…

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This week Rabbi Binyomin Edery made another trip to Tohoku. He brought clothes to people who were affected by the Tsunami and are still living in caravans, temporary housing organized by the government. During the clothes distribution, the people of the affected cities had a surprise prepared for the Rabbi. A beautiful traditional new baby gift. Every family wrote a wish and blessing in honor of the new baby, Nissim Ariel Edery that was born 3 months ago. They thanked…

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Today Rabbi Binyomin Edery and Muto san visited Consular Sugihara’s Memorial Museum in Yaotsu town of Gifu. They saw replicas of visas he issued and his desk. We saw pictures and many other things. It was very special experience for them.

This week Rabbi Edery traveled to Yaotsu city in Gifu, 350 km from Tokyo, to organize a brit for a newborn baby boy. It was very moving to see the grandparent, family and guests who came to celebrate this important mitzvah, and were especially happy to see the Rabbi drive all the way from Tokyo with his children in honor of the Brit. Mazal Tov to the Kabati on the birth of their new baby, may you bring him up…

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The Chabad Tokyo kids, aged from two to eleven, set out for their hands on another agriculture learning experience. This time, not only ”mikan” or tangerine, but also “daikon” or Japanese white radish. They worked with interest and fun, and after all the long hours of work and driving, they enjoyed eating their harvest.