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MK (Yesh Atid) Elazar Stern arrived by chopper at the tziyun of the Bal HaTanya ZT”L last week in the Ukraine.

The MK was reportedly impressed with preparations for Chai Elul, the birthday of the Baal Shem Tov ZT”L  and the Alter Rebbe ZT”L. It is pointed out that MK Stern was also born on 18 Elul.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem/Photo Credit: יצי אייזיק – סוכנות הידיעות “חדשות 24)