Lezajsk, Poland – In Photos: Thousands Attend Yahrzeit Of Reb Elimelech Of Lizensk Zt’l

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    Ultra Orthodox Jewish man pray at the grave of Rabbi Elimelech Weissblum, in Lezajsk, southern Poland, 03 March 2013. Every year, Rabbi Elimelech Weissblum's grave is visited on the anniversary of his death on the 21st of the Hebrew month of Adar, by thousands of those faithful to Hasidism. Maciej Goclon for VINNews.comLezajsk, Poland – Thousands of Jews reached Lezajsk this weekend, with pilgrims mainly drawn from Europe, Israel, America and Canada.

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    Pilgrims will pray at the tomb of eighteenth century rabbi Elimelech Weisblum (d.1787), who is regarded as one of the three fathers of Hasidism, the mystical branch of Orthodox Judaism that swept through Poland in reaction to the rigid academic traditions that had hitherto prevailed among Jews in the region.

    Hasidic Jews believe that on the anniversary of his death tomorrow, Rabbi Elimelech Weisblum will descend from the heavens and answer the prayers of pilgrims.

    These pleas are submitted in written form as kvitels – paper notes that are placed on the rabbi’s grave, which in this case is located in a specially constructed building within the grounds of the town’s old Jewish cemetery.

    Prior to the Second World War, about 3000 Jews lived in Lezajsk. The vast majority did not survive the Holocaust. The graveyard itself, which was almost completely destroyed during the war, was reconstructed under the auspices of the Nissenbaum Foundation, together with other private donors.

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    11 years ago

    די זכות זאל מיגון זיין אויף אינץ

    proud-mo-israeli
    proud-mo-israeli
    11 years ago

    I am sure that my DIRECT ancestor is happy that his DIRECT Einikle is a proud soldier in the Jewish army in the State of Israel defending the millions of Jews that now have the Zchut to live here.
    I know that I am proud of my roots & happy of the progress that we have made in the past 65 years.

    11 years ago

    Those Schnorrers and money beggars are really disgusting and embarrassing kol israel! People pay a few thousand dollars for the trip alone; can we just have some peace when we travel somewhere?
    How did those Schnorrers end up in Lezajsk, Poland in the first place who paid for them for the trip expenses? If you don’t have money you shouldn’t go on luxury trips period. Our parents never had this idea to fly for trips and chase after people for money to pay for those trips.

    I_Am_Me
    I_Am_Me
    11 years ago

    It’s amazing how riculous & ignorant you all sound! Of course, they Daven to Hashem! However, they also know the meaning of the word meletz yashir! It’s really pathetic to see people with a lack of knowledge ridiculing their own brethren!
    Oh & just so you know they buy ALL their food OUTSIDE Poland, whether its America, Israel or somewhere else, but the food is brought with them.
    Another thing, there are many Jews living all over Europe & Poland who are poor. Therefore, if they did buy food there (which they don’t) they are only helping to support poor Jews there.
    As for the money spent to get there, how much money do people of all religions squander in order to get to places they feel are important to them (& sometimes are) like the Kotel, the Tomb of Patriarchs, the Tomb of Rachel Imanu, Mecca, Bethlehem & so on.
    So stop your none sense!

    Benjey
    Benjey
    11 years ago

    If we would not go there we would not be any cemateries left they would destroyed
    my father just put together $17,000 to rebuild the cematery in Medzilaborce a small town an hours drive from kashau and my grandfather should live till 120 gezunt aheit who was in auschwitz in the zunderkomando for 3 years also gave money so go figure thank god we have people like Mr. Singer who take people on tours so that they should have a little idea what it was like
    Thanks to avoseinu

    itzik18
    itzik18
    11 years ago

    Nice pictures of the Kosover Rebbe

    TexasJew
    TexasJew
    11 years ago

    I was there, wearing the black hat. just kidding