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“Chabad of… where did you say?”
Arutz Sheva reports:
New Zealand’s first kosher restaurant will open by the end of this year, according to the island-country’s Chabad Rabbi Mendy Goldstein. It is being built on the first floor of Chabad offices in the city of Christchurch.
I’m really happy to hear this news. Honestly.
Remembering the reticence of Chabad representatives to use the word “Santa” in my hometown of Santa Monica (known by the Lubavitcher hasidim as “S. Monica”, in company with S. Barbara and many other California towns boasting Chabad branches), is it disrespectful for me to wonder how they are coping with the name of this Chabad branch in New Zealand?
I would like to note that I’ve been the recipient of so much gracious hospitality, food and personal referrals from Chabad representatives in Orlando, Helsinki, Tokyo, Barcelona (where they spell it, endearingly, Jabad), Bangkok and other locations that my gratitude is endless (even if my path in Torah is not the same).
May 31st, 2008 at 11:53 pm
Did you know that the Hasidic sect of “Satmar,” is based upon the city of that name, which means “St. Mary’s?”
The Ultra-Orthodox “Saint-Mary’s” Hasid.
June 1st, 2008 at 11:16 am
Thanks for the comment! The perfect place to note that; I can’t believe I forgot about Satmar. Are you suggesting that New Zealand will spawn a new breed of “Curcher” hasidim? I expect that they are going by the name “Chabad of New Zealand”, but I suppose that more vocal opponents of the messianic flavor of Chabad might have other opinions. Thanks, Elchanan.