While Israel remains consumed by election season politics, a moving display of Jewish unity unfolded Monday on the Mediterranean island of Cyprus. Amos Liberman, son of Yisrael Beiteinu party chairman and Knesset member Avigdor Liberman, commissioned and presented a new Torah scroll to the Chabad house in Larnaca in honor of his family.
Community Celebration
Liberman's Son Dedicates Torah in Cyprus
Amos Liberman brought a new Torah scroll to the Chabad house in Larnaca, uniting Israeli and Russian-Jewish community members in celebration
Avigdor Liberman's Son Celebrates Torah Dedication in Cyprus| צילום: Yoni Kahana
Rabbi Aryeh Zeev Raskin, the Chabad emissary who serves as the island's rabbi, led the uplifting ceremony. The celebration drew a diverse cross-section of the island's Jewish population, with members of both the Israeli expatriate community and the Russian-Jewish community participating.
Amos Liberman was honored with reciting the second verse during the hakafot procession. Standing before the assembled crowd, he proclaimed with feeling: "You have been shown to know that the Lord, He is God..."
