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Listen to noted Tour Guide, Lecturer and Yad Vashem Researcher of Jewish History Yehuda Geberer bring the world of pre-war Eastern Europe alive. Join in to meet the great personages, institutions and episodes of a riveting past. For speaking engagements or tours in Israel or Eastern Europe Yehuda@YehudaGeberer.com
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Saturday Mar 14, 2020
Lively Graves: Pilgrimages to Lizhensk & Kivrei Tzadikim
Saturday Mar 14, 2020
Saturday Mar 14, 2020
Visiting and praying at the burial places of Tzadikim is one of the more visible and recognizable distinctive contributions of Chasidic practice on Jewish life. A cultural practice that has developed over the history of the movement, it is seen as a way to connect as well as an opportunity for prayer. One of the more famous destinations has been to grave site of the Rebbe Reb Meilach, the Noam Elimelech of Lizhensk (1717-1787). Glorified as second to the Baal Shem Tov himself, his influence on the movement is almost unparalleled. Following his death, his students began the custom of paying respects at his grave on the yahrtzeit of his death on 21 Adar. This has remained a popular visit till this very day.
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The story with the kever of the Baal shem tov cannot be true because the ohel was setup recently by meir gabbai. There are pictures from after the war trying to work out whose kever is who and there ain't no ohel.
Tuesday Aug 25, 2020
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