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In Uman, burial site of revered Rabbi Nachman of Breslov, some 30 faithful attempt to keep to their routines, while gathering supplies and preparing for when the war reaches them

In a synagogue in the western Ukrainian city of Uman, two people are worshiping in the cold and darkness. They carefully lay down their tefillin prayer boxes before heading into another room for the morning service, where their voices compete with the sound of air raid sirens outside. “We spend the whole day in the synagogue, praying, studying the Torah,” said Odele, 46, who asked to withhold her surname. She left Israel a year ago to live in Uman, about 200km south of Kyiv, to be close to t...

In a synagogue in the western Ukrainian city of Uman, two people are worshipping in the cold and darkness.

In a synagogue in the western Ukrainian city of Uman, two people are worshipping in the cold and darkness.

In a synagogue in the western Ukrainian city of Uman, two people are worshipping in the cold and darkness.

In a synagogue in the western Ukrainian city of Uman, Odele, 46, and her son worship in the cold and darkness. The war, she says, is a sign from the messiah. Then will come the apocalypse.

Odele, 46, one of only two women left in western Ukrainian city where Hasidic sage Nachman of Breslov is buried, says the war is 'a sign from the messiah'