Lazare Berel

Lazare Berel

Berel Lazar was born    on May 19, 1964  in  Italy  in family  of the rabbi of the Jewish community Milan.

Education

In   1978, having graduated from comprehensive Jewish school, entered rabbinic college New Jersey (USA). Then, in 1982   Tomkhey Tmimim in  New York continued study in a Yeshibah  and ended it in 1988 with the diploma of the rabbi in a rank  of a dayan.

Biography

1991-1996

In 1991 becomes the rabbi of the Moscow synagogue in Maryina Roshcha.  In the early nineties  participated in activity  of the Congress of the Jewish religious organizations and communities of Russia  (CJROAR); was one of active participants of a constituent congress   of the Russian Jewish Congress (RJC) in  1996  and entered into presidium the RIVER. In  1995 held a post of the chairman Objedineniya of rabbis  of the CIS.

1999

  He was elected the chief rabbi of Russia in 1999.

2020: Infection with COVID-19 coronavirus

On June 7, 2020 it became known of detection of a coronavirus of COVID-19 at 56-year-old Berel Lazar. The disease of the chief rabbi of Russia was announced by the Head of Department of public relations of the Federation of the Jewish Communities of Russia (FJCR) Borukh Gorin.

My phone is broken off therefore the interested I tell all: the coronavirus is diagnosed for the rabbi Lazare, it is under observation of doctors. The status which is not causing special concerns — Gorin on the  page on Facebook wrote.

Lazare Guerchon's press secretary Kogan in a conversation with RBC specified that the rabbi was hospitalized on June 4, 2020 after the online conference.^[1]

After approach of a koronavirusny pandemic Berel Lazar urged Jews to join volunteer work and to help people who need it. He supported closing of synagogues and called a priority human health.

On April 4 the president of FEOR rabbi Alexander Boroda reported that in Moscow six members of the Jewish community died of the complications caused by a coronavirus. Boroda specified that two of the dead were parishioners of one of capital synagogues and went to prayers and holidays.

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