In a special and impressive ceremony held today (Wednesday) at the Ministry of Education, Education Minister Yoav Galant signed the “Education Day Declaration” as a tribute to Chabad.
The “Education Day Declaration” recognizes the Rebbe’s status as an educational figure who should follow in her footsteps and calls on everyone to dedicate this day to Education Day.
The Rebbe opens the statement with the words “Just as it is obligatory for a person to put on tefillin every day, so it is an absolute duty to devote half an hour every day to thinking about the education of his children.” In the important statement signed by the Minister of Education he calls on everyone to implement the Rebbe’s request on his birthday as a gift to the Rebbe.
It should be noted that for years, US presidents have recognized this special day as a special education in which schoolchildren learn about the Rebbe’s teachings and life’s work. The statement signed today is also based on the statement of former US President Roland Reagan.
In the early morning, Education Minister Yoav Galant called representatives of the Chabad Chassidim and said: “I want to give a gift to the Rebbe on the occasion of the 119th birthday and the beginning of the 120th year. Come today and I will sign the declaration. “
The person who initiated the move and acted vigorously to make it happen is Deputy Education Minister Meir Porush.
Although it is the day after the election, Minister Galant insisted that the ceremony, to which representatives of the Chabad Chassidim Association, young Chabad Chassidim and the Yosef Yitzhak Tent Network were invited, be held at the Ministry of Education, because “this is the place responsible for educating Israeli children. The importance it deserves. “
It should be noted that Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Aharonov, chairman of the Zagoch and Agoach, was also invited to the meeting and told the minister about the huge distribution operation in which hundreds of thousands of matzah olives were distributed and even gave the minister and his staff fancy matzah.
Also present were Chabad Interior Minister, General Secretary Ariel Lemberg and CEO of the network Eliyahu Krichevsky, who was introduced to the Minister as “Chabad Education Minister” who reviewed the network’s activities and called on him to address the issue. Of foreign children and children of emissaries.
The Minister undertook to address the issue together with the Director General of the Ministry of Education and Deputy Minister Meir Porush and noted his special connection to the emissaries and his great appreciation for the activities of Chabad Chassidism and promised to continue to help as requested.