Large Crowds at Lag BaOmer Parades and Events Across Moscow
This year, with Lag baOmer falling on a Sunday, hundreds of Jewish children marched together with Jewish pride, carrying large signs with psukim and quotes from our sages in Russian.
                        
                        
                    This year, with Lag baOmer falling on a Sunday, hundreds of Jewish children marched together with Jewish pride, carrying large signs with psukim and quotes from our sages in Russian.
                        
                        
                    This is the third Lag BaOmer that Ukrainian Jews have celebrated under the shadow of the relentless crisis, and this year too, they faced numerous challenges.
                        
                        
                    Over 250 pledge cards with Mitzvahs for Israel were recently pledged at the bar mitzvah of young shliach Ziggy Burston in Monroe, New York.
                        
                        
                    In the true spirit of Lag B’Omer, the children got to enjoy the day outdoors playing with bows and arrows, jumping on inflatable games, horseback riding, and visiting the petting zoo, as well as join their own proud parade.
                        
                        
                    Over 150 campus Shluchos from around the world are gathering in Eretz Yisrael by the Chabad on Campus International Kinus HaShluchos 5784 for five days of inspiration, connection, and growth.
                        
                        
                    The popular Chavrusa matching platform recognizes its volunteer program by offering exclusive gifts as tokens of appreciation for their efforts.
                        
                        
                    In the 12th arrondisement of Paris, France, a new Chabad Center was inaugurated this week, providing additional services to the local Jewish community. The new center is under the auspices of Shliach Rabbi Shlomo Ahyoun.
                         
                            The Riverdale Community came together this Lag B’Omer for a day of Jewish unity and pride with Chabad of Riverdale, who hosted the community event and concert with IDF reservist and musician Noam Buskila.
                         
                            In a historic first, the NYPD closed off Nostrand Avenue and Gerritsen Avenue for the annual Lag Ba’omer Family Fair, hosted by Chabad of Marine Park. An astonishing 5,000 participants gathered to celebrate Jewish unity pride, making this event a resounding success.
                        
                        
                    Currently, the city is proposing a slew of government-funded development projects to be enacted in exactly this area. At this stage, some 2,000 units have already been approved, more than 1,000 of which will be designated homeless housing units. This is a direct threat to the hundreds of Jewish families who’ve settled in the vicinity, as well as to their non-Jewish neighbors, who likewise want clean and safe streets for their families.
                         
                            This Sunday marked a historic celebration in Cunningham Park as more than 8,000 people gathered for a grand Lag BaOmer event, honoring the Hillula of Rabbi Shimon Ben Yochai. This extraordinary gathering was a vivid display of unity, joy, and Jewish pride.
                        
                        
                    When the weather forecasters predicted 100% chance of storms for the time of the rally and parade, a letter to the Rebbe was written and miraculously the rain stopped right before the time of the rally. After the Tzivos Hashem rally in front of “770-Cincinnati”, the entire community marched with pride – and police escort – to the local day-school where an amazing carnival, with inflatables and refreshments, that was set up for the entire Jewish community.
                         
                            Thousands of Jews participated in a Grand Lag B’Omer Parade in Paris arranged under Chabad Lubavitch of Paris.
                        
                        
                    The Brownsville Anash community celebrated Lag B’Omer with a joyous parade through its streets, brimming with Jewish pride and led by a marching band.
                        
                        
                    Melbourne, Australia kicked off this Lag Bomer with an incredible parade and fair, attended by well over 5,000 Jews from many surrounding communities.
                        
                        
                    Tens of thousands of Jewish children marched on Eastern Parkway Sunday in annual The Great Parade. Here we present a gallery of the faces and moments throughout the event.
                        
                        
                    Tens of thousands of Jewish children marched on Eastern Parkway Sunday in annual The Great Parade. Here we present a gallery of the faces and moments throughout the event.