A Frum man from France traveled for a week to visit Iran, documenting what he had done and shared his findings with BeChadrei Chareidim – video footage from the kevarim Mordechai and Esther.
With Purim just a week, this French Jew visited the kevarim and was mispallel, releasing a call to world Jewry on behalf of Iran’s Jews, who he reports are in need of tefilin and mezuzos.
Gavriel, a French Jew and resident of Paris, visited Iran for a week, stopping at the Jewish kehillos in a number of cities, returning with an important message, “There is a major shortage of tefilin and mezuzos” for Iran’s Jews.
In a conversation with BeChadrei Chareidim, Gavriel explained details of his visit to the enemy nation last week. “I visited for a week, and in most places, I did not wear a kippa in the street, with the exception of a few places in areas of Tehran, Shiraz, Ispan and Amadan, where Mordechai and Esther are buried. I also walked around with a kippa where there are large Jewish communities, as I was not afraid.”
Gavriel added, “There are a number of kosher restaurants there, the Jews are in great distress because of the lack of tefillin and mezuzahs. I plan to return there this August to bring them tefillin and mezuzos that I hope to receive from donors. If someone can contribute to me, I will be very happy,” he said.
He also said that he was not afraid to come to Iran because he was born in France and holds a French passport. “So, they did not ask me any intrusive questions, I went around the airport in Tehran with a kippa. I went to visit all the holy places for Jews, even Mordechai and Esther as we are close to Purim, and it was a very great experience,” he concluded.
In 2011, YWN reported that Rabbi Yisroel Meir Gabey, a man from Eretz Yisroel known to travel the globe to try and fix neglected Kevarim, also visited Kevarim in Iran – including the Kevarim of Mordechai and Esther, the Kever of Chavakuk Hanavi, Daniel Hanavi and others.
(YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)
9 Responses
Very cool.
Daniel was not a Navi.
What about Mordechai and Esther’s kvorim in northern EY?
Fascinating i never knew there were so many jews in Iran
Not very clever,
if something went wrong millions would have had to be collected to try to get you out.
to jersy jew;
the
one is e.y is from Mordecai &ester from Purim
the one in Iran is from Purim katan
happy Purim
@sifsei not so fast. there’s one gemara in meseches megillah that says he was not a navi, but there’s another later on that says he was. rash”i’s comment ad loc might be understood to be addressing the apparent “contradiction”. sorry, i don’t remember exact mareh mekomos.
also, given that sefer daniel has the ketz hage’ulah hidden in it, he certainly had some level of some form of prophect.
Reb Gavriel! thank you very much for providing this clip!, some sensation towards upcoming Purim
Doniel WAS a Navi. He was one of the later Nevi?im who existed during the Golus and was an advisor to Achashveirosh.