The Russian Chief Rabbi reportedly told a group of Israeli Jews who are close to Rabbi Dov Kook, a kabbalist residing in the Israeli city of Tiberias, that the origins of the weak spot lie in Putin’s youth when he was living with his parents in a modest apartment complex in the city of St. Petersburg.
The group of Jews then decided to publish in their own Shabbat sheet what they heard from Lazar.
This Shabbat sheet, Dwash Shabbat, reported last Friday that Putin’s parents were so poor that they often hadn’t enough money to buy food and clothes for their kid.
The sheet also reported that a Jewish couple that was living next door to the Putins took care of the young Vladimir.
This is something that was earlier reported by the Jewish Telegraph Agency, but Dwash Shabbat now revealed more details.
The Jewish couple was the only one that took care of the young Putin despite the presence of other Russian families in the building who were aware of the problematic situation in the family of the future Russian leader.
Every time the Jewish neighbors noticed that the young Putin was home alone without food they prepared him a decent meal and also invited him to their Shabbat table and for the Jewish holidays.
This exposed the young Putin to Jewish rituals and prayers since the couple was religious, and explains why the Russian President likes to visit Jewish communities and synagogues in Russia.
The Jewish couple even bought clothes for the boy and made sure he wouldn’t be without basic supplies.
