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Emissaries Of The Gedolei Hador At The Tombs of Mordechai And Esther in Iran

7/6/5778 21.02.2018

The first time we talked about a Maamad Tefilah of Vaad Harabbanim at the tomb of Mordechai and Esther in Iran, you can imagine what kind of looks we got. People thought we were – umm, well –meshigineh would be a polite way of putting it.

We all know that Israel-Iran relations are not exactly rosy. Would you fly a bunch of Jews with beards and peyosfrom Israel to Iran carrying a stack of Hebrew papers, with plans to visit an out-of-town location that neither tourism nor business can justify? You might as well just buy them one-way tickets…

purim_5778_E_02So you can imagine how many alarmed phone calls we got the first year. And also the second year.

But the third year, people stopped calling. It seems they started to realize that the idea was not so crazy after all.

Because if you plan carefully, and you have the ear and the backing of the GedoleiHadorshlita, you can do even what seems to others impossible. It just takes a little patience, that’s all.

But who will take responsibility for this?? The consequences could be grave!!!

The GedoleiHadortook responsibility. They said, “Do it.” Because for aniyei Eretz Yisrael, you do anything. You must. “No” is not an answer.

We found a way. Local Iranian Jews, from the Teheran frum community, were willing to make the arduous 6-hour journey by car, on Taanis Esther (yes, they are fasting too, no kulosare being taken over here), over the back roads, during wintertime, to get to Hamadan, a place better known to most of us as ShushanHabirah.

So that was it. Vaad Harabbanimfigured out how to send a minyan of frum, Torah-learning Jews to the tomb of Mordechai and Esther,there to perform the segulahof the KavHayashar and daven for Vaad Harabbanim’s donors on Taanis Esther.

Andeveryone came back safe and sound.

purim_5778_E_01This has been going on now for six years!

This year, the GedoleiHadorrequested that it be made publicly known that they are sending their personal prayer requests to be recited in Hamadan, so people will sit up and take notice just how important this whole thing really is.

It’s not a Purim joke. Not by a long shot.

This is serious business, it is worth all the trouble and the inherent risk, and the GedoleiHadorwant everyone to know that. So they are publicizing the fact that they are sending their personal prayer requests to be recited there, in order to motivate every Jew, everywhere in the world, wherever he or she may be, even those residing outside the borders of Achashverosh’s former world empire, to do the same.

That means you. Send in your prayer requests.

But that’s not all.

This year, 26 Gedoleiv’TzaddikeiHadorwill daven a special tefilahon Taanis Esther for Vaad Harabbanim’s donors. That’s in addition to the minyan of frumJews davening in Hamadan, with true mesirus nefesh, fasting and performing the powerful segulahof the KavHayashar for you.

So what’s the problem? Just join in!!!