in december 2017, the embassy of israel in the russian federation held a reception at altmans gallery dedicated to the 130th birthday of marc chagall [10].the event was organized with the participation of the russian jewish congress. the key event of the evening was the lighting of the 8th candle of hanukkah by pinchas goldschmidt, chief rabbi of moscow, the head of the rabbinical court in russia, the cis and baltic countries, the chairman of the conference of european rabbis.