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<p>Le <span class="glossary_item" glossary_item="41899">Rav</span> Chalom Eidelman, l’un des plus anciens émissaires du Rabbi de Loubavitch dans le monde – un ‘<span class="glossary_item" glossary_item="38830">hassid</span>, enseignant et chef de congrégation dévoué qui, avec sa femme, Gittel, ont rarement quitté le Maroc depuis qu’ils y furent envoyés en 1958 – est décédé dans un hôpital de Casablanca le 10 avril, le second jour de Pessa’h, après avoir contracté le <a href="/library/article_cdo/aid/4679560/jewish/Lpidmie-de-coronavirus.htm" title="L’épidémie de coronavirus">COVID-19</a>. Il avait 84 ans.</p>
<p>Pendant plus de 60 ans, le <span class="glossary_item" glossary_item="41964">Rav</span> Eidelman a supervisé une douzaine d’écoles juives fondées par le mouvement ‘Habad-Loubavitch du Maroc et est pleuré par des dizaines de milliers d’élèves auxquels il a enseigné au fil des décennies. Il a ouvert et dirigé un <i><span class="glossary_item" glossary_item="40232">kolel</span></i> (groupe d’étude avancé) où il a formé la plupart des rabbins et <i>cho’hatim</i> (abatteurs rituels) du Maroc. Parmi ses élèves comptent l’actuel grand rabbin de Jérusalem et ancien grand rabbin d’Israël, le Rav Chlomo Amar, et le Dayan de Montréal, Rav <span class="glossary_item" glossary_item="40081">David</span> Raphael Banon.</p>
<p>Né en Russie soviétique et élevé à Brunoy, en France, le jeune Chalom Eidelman a grandi dans une maison imprégnée de pensée et de pratique ‘hassidiques.</p>
<p>Jeune étudiant rabbinique, il espérait voyager à New York pour y étudier dans les <span class="glossary_item" glossary_item="36163">yeshivas</span> locales et être proche du <a href="/library/article_cdo/aid/527991/jewish/Le-Rabbi.htm" title="Le Rabbi">Rabbi – Rabbi Mena’hem Mendel Schneerson</a>, de mémoire bénie –, mais le Rabbi lui écrivit que de nombreux jeunes Juifs d’Afrique du Nord avaient déjà commencer à émigrer à Brunoy, et que sa présence y était nécessaire.</p>
<p>En 1958, il demanda la bénédiction du Rabbi pour épouser Gittel Gurkow, qui rappela dans une interview avec JEM la façon dont la réponse du Rabbi à cette requête marqua le prochain chapitre du jeune couple. Après les fiançailles, le jeune rabbin se rendit à New York, où en audience privée avec le Rabbi, lui et sa fiancée reçurent la mission de s’établir à Casablanca.</p>
<p>Le Rabbi était profondément préoccupé par le sort des communautés juives dans les pays musulmans et le sort des Juifs séfarades dans l’après-guerre en général. En 1950, c’est au Maroc que furent envoyés par le Rabbi les premiers émissaires pour ouvrir de nouveaux centres ‘Habad dans le monde, lorsque Rav Michoel et Taibel Lipsker furent envoyés à Meknès et que Rav Chlomo et Pessya Matusof furent envoyés à Casablanca, rejoints par Rav <span class="glossary_item" glossary_item="38766">Nissan</span> et <span class="glossary_item" glossary_item="38867">Rachel</span> Pinson. En 1960, le Rav Yehouda Leib Raskin et son épouse Raizel arrivèrent à Casablanca et, ensemble, les émissaires du Rabbi établirent ce qui compte aujourd’hui parmi les institutions et centres ‘Habad les plus anciens au monde. Mme Raizel Raskin demeure un pilier de ‘Habad-Loubavitch au Maroc.</p>
<p>Au plus haut, plus de 250 000 juifs vivaient au Maroc et pendant des décennies après leur arrivée, de les écoles, synagogues et institutions sociales mises en place par les émissaires du Rabbi comptaient parmi les principales institutions éducatives et religieuses pour les Juifs marocains.</p>
<p>Au cours des 62 années qui suivirent, le Rav Eidelman et son épouse ont continué de servir la communauté jusqu’à son décès. Même si le nombre de Juifs vivant au Maroc a considérablement diminué, ils furent rejoints il y a 10 ans par le Rav <span class="glossary_item" glossary_item="40976">Levi</span> et <span class="glossary_item" glossary_item="40009">Hanna</span> Banon, qui ont relancé de nombreux programmes éducatifs et offices religieux pour les jeunes Juifs qui continuent à vivre au Maroc aujourd’hui.</p>
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Rabbi <span class="glossary_item" glossary_item="38913">Yehuda</span> Leib Raskin, center, at the <span class="glossary_item" glossary_item="32097">bar mitzvah</span> of his son, <span class="glossary_item" glossary_item="36118">Yitzchak</span>, joined by Rabbi Eidelman and Rabbi <span class="glossary_item" glossary_item="39076">Shlomo</span> Matusof.
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</section><section><h2>Une visite à Casablanca</h2>
<p>Il y a six mois, le lendemain de Yom Kippour, j’ai fait une escale à Casablanca avec mon fils, Mena’hem, après avoir conduit un office de Kippour à Malabo, en Guinée équatoriale. Mendy, le fils des Banon âgé de 11 ans nous a fait visiter Casablanca.</p>
<p>Sans prévenir, nous nous sommes rendus à la synagogue du Rav Eidelman. Dans le bâtiment se trouve le modeste appartement que lui et sa femme habitent depuis des décennies.</p>
<p>Nous sommes entrés et avons remonté le temps pour assister à une vision d’une autre époque et d’un autre monde. Les Eidelman nous ont accueillis avec amour comme s’ils nous attendaient depuis des jours et nous ont accueillis dans leur maison. Le Rav Eidelman était assis devant un <i>séfer</i> (livre saint) ouvert entouré de milliers de <i>séfarim</i> usés.</p>
<p>La chaleur était étouffante à l’extérieur, et il était assis sous un ventilateur de plafond, vêtu d’un <i>tsitsit</i> en laine et de bretelles noires. Il a interrogé Mena’hem sur ce qu’il apprenait à la <span class="glossary_item" glossary_item="37671">yeshiva</span> ainsi que sur les lois de la fête de Soukkot qui approchait.</p>
<p>Les Eidelman nous ont régalés avec des anecdotes de leurs 60 ans d’action au service des Juifs du Maroc, et le Rav ne cessait de nous dire que dans ce <span class="glossary_item" glossary_item="41020">Beth</span> ‘Habad, « vous n’êtes pas loin du <span class="glossary_item" glossary_item="41940">770</span> ou du Rabbi ».</p>
<p>« C’est précisément dans ces avant-postes éloignés où chaque personne compte – là où le capitaine ne quitte jamais le navire tant que d’autres passagers sont à bord –  que l’on peut enseigner la <span class="glossary_item" glossary_item="39995">Torah</span> à une autre personne qui pourrait pas étudier s’ils avaient abandonné le navire », a-t-il dit.</p>
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Rabbi Eidelman, second from left, at a student's <a href="/library/article_cdo/aid/144321/jewish/Bar-Mitzvah.htm" title="Bar Mitzvah">bar mitzvah</a>.
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<p>Le Rav Eidelman a dit à mon fils combien il admirait son arrière-grand-père, <span class="glossary_item" glossary_item="41936">Reb</span> Zavel Edelkopf, quand il était un jeune étudiant à la <a href="/library/article_cdo/aid/4407857/jewish/What-Is-a-Yeshiva.htm" title="What Is a Yeshiva?">yeshiva</a> de Brunoy, et que Reb Zavel Edelkopf lui enseignait le <span class="glossary_item" glossary_item="40076">Tanya</span>.</p>
<p>Bien que les enfants du Rav Eidelman et de son épouse vivent partout dans le monde, ils viennent les voir de temps en temps, et au cours de l’année, de nombreux petits-enfants leur rendent visite. Le Rav Eidelman enseignait encore quelques heures chaque jour à son <i><a href="/library/article_cdo/aid/5786135/jewish/What-Is-a-Kollel.htm" title="What Is a Kollel?">kolel</a></i> à une vingtaine d’étudiants séniors et d’âge moyen régulièrement présents.</p>
<p>Cette année pour Soukkot, il n’avait pas de petits-enfants présents, et ils étaient d’autant plus ravis de notre visite imprévue. Avant notre départ, il nous a montré un dossier de dizaines de lettres et télégrammes du Rabbi qui leur ont donné force, perspective et persévérance pendant les nombreuses décennies de leur action.</p>
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It was sweltering outside, and Rabbi Eidelman, always the teacher of <a href="/library/article_cdo/aid/1426382/jewish/Torah.htm" title="What Is the Torah?">Torah</a>, was sitting with a fan blowing above, wearing woolen <span class="glossary_item" glossary_item="38183">tzitzit</span> and black suspenders. He peppered Menachem Berkowitz, a young visitor from the United States, with questions about what he was learning in <span class="glossary_item" glossary_item="36168">yeshivah</span> and his knowledge of the laws of the upcoming holiday of <span class="glossary_item" glossary_item="38772">Sukkot</span>.
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</section><section><h2>Inspiration du Rabbi</h2>
<p>Dans une lettre, le Rabbi leur a écrit dans un post-scriptum (traduction libre) :</p>
<p>« Heureux est votre sort car la Divine Providence vous a gratifié d’une magnifique part. Éduquer les Juifs et rapprocher leur cœur de leur Père céleste, la récompense de cela ne connaît pas de limites.</p>
<p>« En plus du fait que “la récompense d’une mitsva est une mitsva”, cette action fait partie des actes dont une personne consomme les fruits dans ce monde physique et éternellement dans le monde à venir. Ceux-ci incluent l’enseignement de la Torah et les actes de bienfaisance. </p>
<p>« Tel est le principal service de D.ieu dans notre génération avant la venue de Machia’h, c’est la façon de s’attacher véritablement à D.ieu, transformant ainsi les ténèbres en la plus grande lumière. »</p>
<p>Le Rabbi conclut en écrivant une phrase du <a href="/library/tanya/default.htm" title="The Tanya">Tanya</a> écrite par l’Admour Hazakène dans Iguéret Hakodech (fin du chapitre 9, citant Isaïe 52 : « “Puissions-nous mériter de nous voir face à face, avec le retour de D.ieu à Sion.” Avec une bénédiction et un succès majeurs dans tout ce qui précède. »</p>
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Rabbi Sholom and Gittel Eidelman were honored by Morrocan Jewry on the 60th anniversary of their arrival in Casablanca.
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<p>La grande influence du Rav Eidelman, et sa perte, sont ressenties dans tout le Maroc, ainsi qu’en Israël et partout dans le monde où résident ses milliers d’anciens élèves.</p>
<p>Quelle ironie qu’un rabbin qui n’a jamais quitté son troupeau – peu importe la difficulté et la solitude qu’un tel leadership impliquait – soit décédé seul dans un hôpital de Casablanca en raison de la pandémie de coronavirus. Il a été enterré rapidement pendant la fête de Pessa’h sans funérailles appropriées, bien que sous la supervision d’un rabbin, et sans qu’aucun de ses sept enfants, dizaines de ses petits-enfants, arrière-petits-enfants et membres de sa communauté bien-aimée puissent être présents.</p>
<p>Pour ma part, j’honorerai sa mémoire en soutenant <a href="/jewish-centers/117865/Casablanca/Synagogue/Chabad-Lubavitch-au-Maroc" title="Chabad Lubavitch au Maroc">‘Habad de Casablanca</a>.</p>
<p>Le Rav Chalom Eidelman laisse dans le deuil son épouse et leurs enfants : le Rav Chnéour Zalman Eidelman [Vienne, Autriche], le Rav <span class="glossary_item" glossary_item="41152">Yoel</span> Eidelman [Brunoy, France], le Rav Mena’hem Mendel Eidelman [Brooklyn, NY], le Rav <span class="glossary_item" glossary_item="37876">Eliezer</span> Eidelman [Manchester, Angleterre], le Rav Chmouel Eidelman [Brooklyn], Toiba <span class="glossary_item" glossary_item="40000">Rivka</span> Belinow [Paris], <span class="glossary_item" glossary_item="39972">Chana</span> Gurevitch [Chicago] et de nombreux petits-enfants et arrière-petits-enfants, dont beaucoup sont des émissaires dans le monde entier.</p>
<p>Il laisse également dans le deuil sa sœur, la Rabbanit Assya Pewzner de Paris, dont le mari fut le regretté Rav <span class="glossary_item" glossary_item="38832">Hillel</span> Pewzner, grand rabbin de la communauté Loubavitch de France et fondateur des institutions Sinaï.</p>
<p>Le Rav Chalom Eidelman avait précédemment perdu son fils, le Rav Yossef Its’hak Eidelman d’Israël, et son frère, Reb <span class="glossary_item" glossary_item="41274">Yoel</span> Edelman de Paris.</p></section></div>
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(b) A common Jewish name.'], article_count: [47], kid: [9298],relatedArticleUrl: '/library/article_cdo/aid/463955/jewish/King-Solomon.htm',relatedArticleTitle: 'King Solomon',isVideo: false,};glossary_items['g_39972']={word: 'Chana', text: ['(a) (10th century BCE) A prophetess, wife of <a href=\"/search/keyword.asp?kid=11970\">Elkanah</a>. After years of childlessness she prayed for a son, vowing to devote him to G-d’s service. She subsequently gave birth to <a href=\"/search/keyword.asp?kid=1356\">Samuel</a> in 931 BCE. She is famous for the song of praise she composed after this event. (b) A common Jewish name.'], article_count: [26], kid: [1355],relatedArticleUrl: '/library/article_cdo/aid/463969/jewish/Samuel-the-Prophet.htm',relatedArticleTitle: 'Samuel the Prophet',isVideo: false,};glossary_items['g_39995']={word: 'Torah', text: ['(lit. teaching) (a) The Five Books of Moses (The Bible); (b) the overall body of Jewish religious teachings encompassing the whole body of Jewish law, practice and tradition'], article_count: [32844], kid: [1199],relatedArticleUrl: '/library/article_cdo/aid/1426382/jewish/Torah.htm',relatedArticleTitle: 'What Is the Torah?',isVideo: false,};glossary_items['g_40000']={word: 'Rivka', text: ['(a) (1677- approx. 1554 BCE) Second of the four <a href=\"/search/keyword.asp?kid=12180\">Matriarchs</a>, wife of <a href=\"/search/keyword.asp?kid=2202\"> Isaac</a>, mother of <a href=\"/search/keyword.asp?kid=1477\">Jacob</a>\
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and <a href=\"/search/keyword.asp?kid=1478\">Esau</a>. Grew up in Padan Aram, amongst pagans, but remained a pristine “rose amongst thorns.” Orchestrated Jacob’s <a href=\"/search/keyword.asp?kid=10020\">obtaining Isaac’s blessings</a>. (b) A common Jewish name.'], article_count: [46], kid: [1476],relatedArticleUrl: '/multimedia/video_cdo/aid/2111873/jewish/The-If-Only-Attitude.htm',relatedArticleTitle: 'The “If Only” Attitude',isVideo: true,};glossary_items['g_40009']={word: 'Hanna', text: ['(a) (10th century BCE) A prophetess, wife of <a href=\"/search/keyword.asp?kid=11970\">Elkanah</a>. After years of childlessness she prayed for a son, vowing to devote him to G-d’s service. She subsequently gave birth to <a href=\"/search/keyword.asp?kid=1356\">Samuel</a> in 931 BCE. She is famous for the song of praise she composed after this event. 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A shepherd boy, he rose to fame after slaying the <a href=\"/search/keyword.asp?kid=11968\">Philistine</a> hero <a href=\"/search/keyword.asp?kid=11978\">Goliath</a>. This earned him the hand of <a href=\"/search/keyword.asp?kid=11969\">King Saul</a>’s daughter <a href=\"/search/keyword.asp?kid=11979\">Michal</a> in marriage. Anointed by <a href=\"/search/keyword.asp?kid=1356\">Samuel</a> to succeed Saul after the latter failed to annihilate <a href=\"/search/keyword.asp?kid=2825\">Amalek</a>. This aroused Saul\'s jealousy, who then pursued him relentlessly. David became king after Saul’s death. During his monarchy, David successfully secured and expanded Israel’s borders, but was beset by a series of revolts and personal tribulations. Compiled the <a href=\"/search/keyword.asp?kid=2172\">Book of Psalms</a>. Succeeded by his son <a href=\"/search/keyword.asp?kid=9298\">Solomon</a>. 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