Chabad rabbis from across the former Soviet Union pose for a group photo in Almaty, Kazakhstan, July 29, 2021. By Yehezkel Itkin By Cnaan Liphshiz August 6, 2021 ...

More than 200 Chabad rabbis congregated for a traditional picture in Almaty, Kazakhstan in first gathering since the beginning of COVID, only to be fined for violating distancing measures.

It marked the first official large-scale group photo for Chabad since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic early last year. It also was the 77th anniversary of the death in Almaty of Rabbi ...