EXCEPTIONAL IDF SOLDIERS JOIN TOGETHER AT CHABAD CHANUKA PARTY

On the fifth night of Chanuka‚ a group of the IDF’s Exceptional (The Rebbe’s term for the IDF’s handicapped soldiers) gathered for a special Chanuka gathering in Kfar Chabad. The party was arranged by Rabbi Menachem Kutner of Chabad’s Terror Victim Project. The soldiers‚ who were wounded in The Second Lebanon War‚ Jenin‚ Samaria‚ and attacks in Jerusalem‚ lit the Menora and conveyed the message that light will prevail. The lighting of the Menora was followed by a joyous and festive party.

On the fifth night of Chanuka, a group of the IDF’s Exceptional (The Rebbe’s term for the IDF’s handicapped soldiers) gathered for a special Chanuka gathering in Kfar Chabad. The party was arranged by Rabbi Menachem Kutner of Chabad’s Terror Victim Project. The soldiers, who were wounded in The Second Lebanon War, Jenin, Samaria, and attacks in Jerusalem, lit the Menora and conveyed the message that light will prevail. The lighting of the Menora was followed by a joyous and festive party.

Most of the soldiers at the party had participated in a trip to Aspen, Colorado, as guests of the local Shliach, Rabbi Mendel Mintz. There they had learned how to ski despite the physical limitations which they cope with. Since the trip to Aspen, the soldiers have become very close and they meet every month for a Rosh Chodesh gathering.

Also participating in the party was Rabbi Yossi Swerdlov of Chabad’s Youth Organization with a group of friends.