{"id":2452,"date":"2025-10-24T06:52:20","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T06:52:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/israelagora.com.br\/en\/?page_id=2452"},"modified":"2025-10-24T06:52:20","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T06:52:20","slug":"sinagoga-na-ucrania-e-atingida-por-missil-rabino-saiu-minutos-antes-para-fixar-mezuza","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/israelagora.com.br\/en\/?page_id=2452","title":{"rendered":"Synagogue in Ukraine hit by missile; Rabbi leaves minutes before to affix Mezuzah"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/vendedoradesonhos.com.br\/upload\/1\/sites\/img_40676_1200.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:100%\"><figcaption>Illustrative: A Ukrainian medic helps local residents to leave the site of an airstrike in Kyiv on October 23, 2025, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Andrew Kravchenko\/AFP)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><hr><\/p><p>\r\n\t<a href='http:\/\/israelagora.com.br\/en\"s=ukranian'>#Ukranian<\/a><\/p><p><\/p><p>\r\n\t<strong>Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Wolff promises to strengthen the community and rebuild the synagogue after the place of worship was completely destroyed<\/strong><\/p><p> He highlights a &#8220;clear moment&#8221; of divine protection, as no one was injured.\r\n<\/p><p>\r\nA synagogue in Kherson, southern Ukraine, was hit by a Russian missile on Thursday.<\/p><p>\r\nThe building suffered extensive damage, but no one was injured.<\/p><p>\r\nThe information came from a social media account linked to the Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic movement.\r\n<\/p><p>\r\nThe synagogue&#8217;s rabbi, Yosef Yitzchak Wolff, narrowly escaped: he had left minutes earlier to affix a mezuzah (a small scroll with verses from the Torah, affixed to the door of Jewish homes) in the home of a local family.\r\n<\/p><p>\r\nPhotos shared on X (formerly Twitter) by Chabad.org show the damage: a huge hole in the ceiling and chunks of concrete scattered across the floor of the prayer hall.\r\n<\/p><p>\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-theme=\"dark\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A missile directly struck the main synagogue in Kherson, Ukraine, causing severe damage to the synagogue and the office of Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Wolff. He narrowly escaped, having left minutes earlier to affix a mezuzah at a community member&#39;s home. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9vHr84gvwL\">pic.twitter.com\/9vHr84gvwL<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Chabad.org (@Chabad) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Chabad\/status\/1981449849611419932?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 23, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><figcaption>A missile directly struck the main synagogue in Kherson, Ukraine, causing severe damage to the synagogue and the office of Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Wolff. He narrowly escaped, having left minutes earlier to affix a mezuzah at a community member&#8217;s home.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><hr>\r\n<\/p><p>\r\nThe rabbi&#8217;s office was also damaged.\r\n<\/p><p>\r\nKherson is a city that has seen intense fighting between Ukrainian and Russian forces since the beginning of the invasion.#Y#\r\n<\/p><p>\r\nRabbi Wolff said in several reports that the incident was a clear example of *hashgachah pratit* &#8211; that is, special protection from God.\r\n<\/p><p>\r\n&#8220;The walls shook, and the heart of the community, the prayer hall, was completely destroyed,&#8221; he said.<\/p><p>\r\n&#8220;But our spirit will not be shaken.<\/p><p>\r\nWe will strengthen the community and rebuild the synagogue so that prayers can continue to echo there, God willing.&#8221;\r\n<\/p><p>\r\nThis was not the rabbi&#8217;s first scare in the war, which has lasted more than three and a half years.<\/p><p>\r\nIn July, a Russian kamikaze drone (which explodes upon impact) hit the Wolff family&#8217;s car, denting the front of the vehicle.<\/p><p>\r\nThe rabbi, his wife, and their 19-year-old daughter were unharmed and called the incident a &#8220;miracle.&#8221;\r\n<\/p><p>\r\nThe attack in Kherson is the latest targeting Jewish community spaces in Ukraine.<\/p><p>\r\nThe previous night, a synagogue in Kyiv (the capital) was damaged by a Russian drone.<\/p><p>\r\nTwo months earlier, another historic synagogue in Odessa suffered severe damage in a similar attack.\r\n<\/p><p>\r\nMany Ukrainian Jews have fled the country for Europe or Israel since the start of the war.<\/p><p>\r\nStill, an estimated 32,000 Jews remain in Ukraine.<\/p><p>\r\nMost of the rabbis working there belong to Chabad.<\/p><p>\r\nSome helped their families flee at the beginning of the conflict, but all have returned.<\/p><p>\r\nThis follows the movement&#8217;s philosophy: Chabad emissaries pledge to stay in the cities where they were sent, no matter what.<hr>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align:right\"><em>Published in 10\/24\/2025 06h52<\/em><\/p>\r\n<hr>\r\n<p style=\"text-align:right\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/israelagora.com.br\/?page_id=18315\">Portuguese version<\/a><\/em><\/p>\r\n<hr>\r\n\r\n\t\t<p>Text adapted by AI (Grok) and translated via Google API in the English version. Images from public image libraries or credits in the caption.<\/p>\r\n\t\t<hr>\r\n\t\t<p>Reference article:<\/p>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/synagogue-in-ukraines-kherson-hit-by-missile-rabbi-reportedly-left-moments-earlier-to-affix-mezuzah\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/synagogue-in-ukraines-kherson-hit-by-missile-rabbi-reportedly-left-moments-earlier-to-affix-mezuzah\/<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"position: buttonline;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/vendedoradesonhos.com.br\/rodape_sites.php?arg=40676\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"420px\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/div>\r\n<div style=\"position: buttonline;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/vendedoradesonhos.com.br\/comentario_navegacao.php?arg=40676\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"500px\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/div>\r\n<div style=\"position:absolute; width:40%; height:70px; top:-70px; left:0px;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/vendedoradesonhos.com.br\/oferta_site_esq.php?arg=40676\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"100%\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/div>\r\n<div style=\"position:absolute; width:40%; height:70px; top:-70px; right:0px;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/vendedoradesonhos.com.br\/oferta_site_dir.php?arg=40676\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"100%;\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/vendedoradesonhos.com.br\/oferta_site_centralus.php\" width=\"100%\" height=\"330\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><figcaption>{teste}<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><hr>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":91,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2452","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/israelagora.com.br\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2452","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/israelagora.com.br\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/israelagora.com.br\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/israelagora.com.br\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/israelagora.com.br\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2452"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/israelagora.com.br\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2452\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/israelagora.com.br\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/91"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/israelagora.com.br\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}