Lag BaOmer · Gathering · The Jewish year
The 2023 Kiryas Joel gathering led by Rabbi Aharon Teitelbaum brings music, dancing, families, a public address, and the lighting of the bonfire into one communal event.
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How a date on the religious calendar reorganizes public space and gathers several generations around rabbinic leadership, music, dancing, and a shared act of celebration.
Outside the frame. This is the large Lag BaOmer gathering of the Kiryas Joel leadership center. Other Satmar communities and leadership centers may mark the day at a different scale or in a different form.
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