Myrtle Beach, SC — Chabad of Myrtle Beach celebrated Lag BaOmer with various activities which were planned for Lag BaOmer. Tens of children and their parents participated in the various activities.
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Manchester, NH — Potentially changing the course of prison life for Jewish inmates was the last thing the Chabad rabbi had in mind when he walked into the U.S. District Court one recent day.
San Mateo, CA — One hour with Rabbi Shmuel Marcus and you’ll never look at a pickle the same way again.
Marcus is leading a crusade across the country to teach people how to make their own kosher pickles. At a recent stop in at the Chabad Center of San Mateo, Marcus led a fast-paced lesson in pickle-making spiced with lessons on Jewish faith and human nature.
The Rebbe says:
1. Right in the beginning of this week’s Torah portion the Torah tells us that Hashem spoke to Moshe Rabbeinu (Moshe our teacher) on Har Sinai (Mount Sinai) and told him about the laws of the Shemitah year (the year of rest when you cannot work your land). As it says:
“Hashem spoke to Moshe on Mount Sinai saying. Speak to the children of Israel and say to them, when you come into the land which I give to you, the land shall be at rest- a Shabbos for Hashem. For six years you shall plant your field and for six years you shall prune your vineyard and you shall harvest its produce. But the seventh year shall be a Shabbos of rest for the land, a Shabbos for Hashem, you shall not plant your field and you shall not prune your vineyard…”.
Detroit, MI — At about 1:30 the rally began with around 400 people in attendance. Zalman Deren from Pittsburgh, PA and an alumni of Yeshivas Lubavitch was the MC of the event.
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Crown Heights, Brooklyn — Sunday night, special needs children and adults were treated to a special Lag BaOmer concert, featuring Yisroel Williger, Yossi Frankel, Yossi Cohen and an Acrobat artist , the event was attended by many of the kids and their parents.
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Gaithersburg, MD — Excitement was at a high this past Sunday in Bohrer Park, Gaithersburg as over 300 people participated in a Jewish Festival celebrating the holiday of Lag B’Omer. The Jewish Festival was sponsored by Chabad of Upper Montgomery County and Chabad of Germantown in conjunction with several local synagogues and organizations, exemplifying the event’s logo, “Uniting our Local Jewish Community”. Also particapating in the festivities was a group of over 65 special need adults from The Jewish Foundation for Group Homes.
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Tallinn, Estonia — Estonia is preparing for the opening of its first synagogue since the country’s Jewish community was destroyed in the Holocaust.
Pictures of the Shul in the Extended Article
In continuation of out new section, The Parsha Comic, we bring you this (slightly belated) comic about Lag BaOmer. Our thanks to Levi Welton and Zalmy Hecht for this comic.
Our last comic received lots of amazing response, and we are welcoming readers to once again comment and discuss this comic in our comments!
In the extended article you can view the complete comic along with the option to enlarge it even more!
Manchester, England — The Lubavitcher Yeshiva in Manchester organized a giant Lag BaOmer parade and several exciting events for residents in Manchester. Preparations for the event began two weeks before Lag B’omer when the yeshiva contacted all the Jewish day schools in the city and invited their children to participate in the activities.
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Crown Heights, Brooklyn – An attempt to ‘beat’ the light ends in a dangerous crash in the intersection of Montgomery and Brooklyn. At around 8:45pm a black Lincoln Aviator traveling down Montgomery St attempted to beat the light as it was turning red and was struck by a silver Minivan.
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Two men in the same town came into sudden wealth. They both decided to bury their treasure in their backyards. Each picked a landmark on their respective properties and paced 20 steps and dug a hole.
Chaim the more anxious of the two kept making sure that there was no one watching as he placed the treasure in the ground. Berel who was by nature more trusting, didn’t bother taking the same precautions. Unbeknownst to him, he was spotted by a dishonest neighbor who eventually stole the treasure.
If you will say: “What shall we eat in the seventh year, since we may not sow nor gather-in our produce.” (Leviticus 25:20)
Two men in the same town came into sudden wealth. They both decided to bury their treasure in their backyards. Each picked a landmark on their respective properties and paced 20 steps and dug a hole.
Chaim the more anxious of the two kept making sure that there was no one watching as he placed the treasure in the ground. Berel who was by nature more trusting, didn’t bother taking the same precautions. Unbeknownst to him, he was spotted by a dishonest neighbor who eventually stole the treasure.
New York, NY — Lag BaOmer — Over a hundred people put on Tefillin this Sunday at the Israel Day Parade thanks to a group of bochrim with help of the Mitzvah Tank Office. Thousands of brochures on Shovuos, Neshek Etc were given out.
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Sydney, Australia — Starting the night of Lag BaOmer there was a big bonfire, complete with live music, BBQ, dancing and L’Chaim, and a Jumping castle for the Kids. During the day they had a childrens rally at the world famous Bondi Beach park, march of children complete with 5 floats on Trucks, down the busy Hall street, till the beautiful park near Mizrachi Shull where there was a childrens rally, complete with magic show, big raffle, and a full carnival with rides for the kids.
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Jerusalem, Israel — 3 Hollywood players were on hand along with 40 other guests from all over the world at the inaugural Shabbat Dinner at the Tzemach Tzedek Shul in the Old City of Jerusalem.
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