the story behind it:
The head of the Buddhist monastery in Sri Lanka recently revealed that he is Jewish, because of the local Chabad House, though had renounced his Judaism a number of decades ago. After laying tefillin for the first time he broke out crying and requested the local Chabad shliach, Rav Mendel Kromy, keep in touch with him. He kept in touch via being a guest for Shabbos and for prayer services in the Chabad House on various Shabbos and holidays, until he recently abandoned his involvement in avoda zara. Today he is one of the members of the Chabad baal teshuva community in Sri Lanka and participates regularly in the prayers and learning sessions in the Chabad House.
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Nice that this guy found his way back, but no way he was the head of THE Buddhist monastery in Sri Lanka, as there are 6000 monasteries there. It's a Buddhist country. (I realize you were just translating the hebrew. )
ReplyDeletethen I gyuess he was the head of A (rather than the) Buddhist monastery
ReplyDeleteAt best.
ReplyDeleteOtherwise A member of A Buddhist monastery.
While its a great story, the article implies he's still living in sri Lanka. And it see he's from a western country.
ReplyDeleteWhy is he still in Sri Lanka? Shouldn't he be returning to the West, to the local chabad there? (Of course, preferably aliyah to israel.)
Sad, very, very sad. We all know of the tragic epidemic of Jews who know nothing and/or threw away the treasure that they were lucky enough to be born into, but seeing this photo just makes one want to cry at this horrible image. The assimilation, intermarriage and complete unaffiliation of Jews to their heritage is today's holocaust.
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