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NEWS
Jerusalem Sponsors Activities During Chol Hamoed
By Betzalel Kahn
During Chol Hamoed, the City of Jerusalem held hundreds of
activities for the chareidi public, including Simchas Beis
Hashoevoh events in numerous locations.
Mayor Rabbi Uri Lupoliansky also arranged dozens of local
neighborhood activities to spare families the effort and
expense of traveling to central locations. Communal
authorities in neighborhoods such as Romema, Ramat Shlomo,
Neveh Yaakov and Har Nof sponsored audio-visual
presentations, inflatable attractions, exhibitions and other
activities with separate hours for men and women.
The Department for Torah Culture held its main event at the
talmudei Torah complex on Rechov Shmuel Hanovi. The
five-day event included miniature train rides, a spinning
airplane ride, a boat pool, bumper cars, a climbing wall, a
ball pool and other attractions. Several presentations were
also held at the site, such as a telepathy show, an animal
show and a show featuring trained parrots.
The Department for Torah Culture, headed by Rabbi Gavriel
Stauber, sponsored 150 Simchas Beis Hashoevoh events in Bayit
Vegan, Bucharim, Geula, Har Nof, Givat Shaul, Kiryat Tzanz,
the Jewish Quarter, Sanhedria, Neveh Yaakov, Batei Broide,
Katamon, Romema, Armon Hanetziv, Ramat Shlomo, Ramot, Mekor
Boruch, Ramot Polin, Gush Shmonim, Mattersdorf, Nachalat
Tzvi, Beit Yisrael, Kiryat Belz, the downtown area, Maalot
Dafna and other locations.
The Mayor said Jerusalem again demonstrated a variety of
activities based on taharas hakodesh can be held to
allow the public to rejoice in accordance with halochoh
during the holidays.
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