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NEWS
Slovakian Prime Minister Pledges to Preserve Chasam
Sofer's Grave
by Betzalel Kahn
During a visit to the Western Wall last week, Slovakian Prime
Minister Mikolas Dzurinda told Kosel Maarovi Chief Rabbi
Shmuel Rabinovitz that he intends to closely oversee the
preservation of the sanctity of the Chasam Sofer's grave and
hopes the Jewish people will continue to visit the
gravesite.
HaRav Rabinovitz told his guest that Slovakia had a great
privilege to have the Chasam Sofer, one of the greatest
Jewish rabbis, buried in its soil and that it was incumbent
upon Slovakia to preserve and protect the gravesite and other
Jewish sites located in the country.
Dzurinda says he has visited the gravesite himself and is
well aware of the importance of the site to the Jewish
people.
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