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A Massive Hadluka lit up the sky in the Town of Palm Tree (formally known as Kiryas Joel) on Wednesday evening, as tens of thousands of Satmar Chassidim joined their Rebbe, HaRav Aharon Teitelbaum, as they celebrated Lag Baomer.
The event in Kiryas Joel is believed to be the largest individual Lag Baomer Hadluka and celebration in the United States.
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Despite COVID cases climbing rapidly across New York State around 30,000 people descended on a tiny Orange County village for what’s called the largest party of its kind in the United States.
A festive Jewish Holiday began Wednesday night at sundown. Celebrations for Lag BaOmer were held across New York State, including small bonfire celebrations in Rockland County and also in Brooklyn, New York.
But the biggest celebration in the United States was held in Orange County.
If you are unfamiliar, Lag BaOmer, (pronounced Lag-Bay-Oh-Mehr) is a Jewish holiday that’s celebrated on the 33rd day of the Counting of the Omer, which occurs on the 18th day of the Hebrew month of Iyar, according to Chabad.org. The holiday pays tribute to Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai who died on the date about 19-hundred years ago.
“Lag BaOmer, the 33rd day of the Omer count—this year, May 19, 2022—is a festive day on the Jewish calendar. It is celebrated with outings (on which children traditionally play with bows and arrows), bonfires, parades and other joyous events,” Chabad states about the holiday. Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai, who lived in the second century of the Common Era, was the first to publicly teach the mystical dimension of the Torah known as the Kabbalah, and is the author of the classic text of Kabbalah, the Zohar. On the day of his passing, Rabbi Shimon instructed his disciples to mark the date as ‘the day of my joy.'”
The “day of joy” is celebrated around the world, including at Kiryas Joel in Orange County, New York. The celebration at Kiryas Joel is billed as the largest party of its kind in the United States,
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