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Sparks Of A Nation · Sep 5, 2026

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The rov of Smolensk, Rabbi Levi Yitzchak Mondshine, and his children, together with the head of the community Alexander-Mendel Bachrach, picking apples from the fruit trees growing in the courtyard of the Great Synagogue, at the foot of the ancient wall, near the gate through which the Baal HaTanya reportedly passed while fleeing from Napoleon in his attempt to conquer Russia.

The rov of Smolensk, Rabbi Levi Yitzchak Mondshine, and his children, together with the head of the community Alexander-Mendel Bachrach, picking apples from the fruit trees growing in the courtyard of the Great Synagogue, at the foot of the ancient wall, near the gate through which the Baal HaTanya reportedly passed while fleeing from Napoleon in his attempt to conquer Russia.

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