Chabad emissary in Chelyabinsk: Huge explosion. Glass shattered

"We heard a huge explosion above the synagogue and did not know what it is, "says Chabad emissary in Chelyabinsk, Russia, Rabbi Yechiel Levitin, in a conversation with COL Chabad website on the meteorite that landed from space and caused damage to the city."There was a flash of light, everything lit up. The synagogues stained windows shattered all around and people were trying to escape, but there was nowhere to run. Outside we were told that a meteorite fell from space.

"One of the men ran outside to see what happened and at that moment a large piece of glass landed on the spot he was sitting. It was a visible miracle! The office window in the synagogue shattered in the whole room. It was a miracle that no one was in the office," he says in a trembling voice.

Despite the explosion, Shacharis continued this morning as usual. "People came to pray despite what happened, and despite the cold - minus 8. Members of the shul, along with the chief emissary Rabbi Meir Kirsch, dealt with the damage."

The huge explosion caused the collapse of the roof of a factory in the area, the size of 600 square meters. "Something exploded there and now there is air pollution and we've been told not to walk in the street," said Rabbi Levitin.

'בחדרי' גם ברשתות החברתיות - הצטרפו!