It was a parade to see. Floats, thousands of little children, music, charity and words of Torah. Rabbi Jacob J. Hecht, had been down the days before the parade, worried what its success would be. Would people come? Will the program be entertaining? Will the kids enjoy the event? For Rabbi Hecht there was no question when it was done of how wrong he was.
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Join the Great Lag Ba’omer Parade from anywhere in the world! Here on CrownHeights.info, a live broadcast of the parade will air beginning at 10:00am, courtesy of Jewish.tv. Thousands of Jewish children are expected to gather at Chabad-Lubavitch world headquarters in New York for the monumental event.
A Lag Ba’omer bonfire and celebration took place for the 30th year running on Empire Boulevard, in the backyard of the Horowitz family home. Together, the Horowitz family and Rabbi Nachman Twerskei held their annual ‘Hadlokoh’ of a Bonfire in honor of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai.
Hundreds of Crown Heights residents of all ages turned out tonight, Motzei Shabbos, for the Lag Ba’omer bonfire on Kingston Avenue, in front of the George Wingate High School.
With the release of a captivating new promotional video, Camp Gan Israel of Parksville, NY has revealed which capable young men will be leading their junior and B.M.D. Divisions this summer.
Signs and banners are put up on the 770-like facade of the Bais Chaya Mushka Girls’ School in Los Angeles, CA, in preparation for the Lag Ba’omer Parade that will take place there Sunday.
As wildfires raged around their neighborhoods this week—causing evacuations, widespread damage and more than a few scares for many—Chabad rabbis in the northern San Diego area sprang into action to do what they could to assist those fighting the flames, as well as those in the path of the fires.
Yisroel and Rivka (nee Gorelik) Sufrin (Melbourne, Australia)
Shimy and Devorah Leah (nee Rodal) Heidingsfeld (Moorpark, CA)
As Lag BaOmer draws closer, volunteers who have been working tirelessly organizing this year’s Lag BaOmer Parade have increased their pace. With less than two days left, final details are being hammered out and excited children and their parents were seen picking up their t-shirts.
Despite the forecasts, the rain kept its distance during Cheder at the Ohel’s pre Lag B’Omer Parade. In the spirit of Ahavas Yisrael, Cheder at the Ohel students marched from their building through Valley Stream State Park and into the neighborhood.
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Mendy Wolf will lead a discussion on the topic – the lesson from Rabbi Akiva’s students: How to be truthful and not come across as naive.
This week we present a playlist of videos, compiled and edited by JEM, of various Lag Ba’omer parades over the years.
On Wednesday, Pesach Sheini, one of the Satmer Chedorim in London invited Tzivos Hashem to come and run a model Matzah bakery as a special treat for their Talmidim.
The students of Tomchei Temimim in Brunoy, France were hard at work over the past few days, building a miniature model of their Yeshiva, as well as other France landmarks, for their float that will grace the Lag Ba’omer Parade in Paris Sunday.
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