Life of Ben Zion Vishedski
Kfar Chabad - Stichting Vrienden van Ben Zion
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Gorki

Rabbi Ben Zion Vishedski was born in 1939 in Gorki, the current Nizjni Novgorod, in Russia.
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Ben Zion's mother

Rabbi Ben Zion Vishedski's mother on shabbat. On the left Ben Zion.
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Ben Zion's father

Rabbi Ben Zion Vishedski's father was teacher in Gorki and head of a family of six children.
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The destroyed synagogue of Gorki

Gorki's synagogue was destroyed in a pogrom. Josef Stalin had prohibited any Jewish religious expressions. Synagogues were demolished.
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Teachings by rabbis

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The building of the KGB in Gorki

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Goelach Archipel

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Ben Zion with his twin brother and sister

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Kfar Chabad in 1966

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Construction of the kibbutz in Kfar Chabad

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Military service

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Ben Zion founds a cheider

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Exterior of the wooden building

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Interior of the first cheider

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The current building

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Class room

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Annual function

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The school choir

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Pupil with certificate

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Annual function banquet