60th annual "Great Parade" for the Jewish festival of Lag B' Omer in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn, April 28, 2013.

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Float bearing the picture of Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi, the founder of Chabad Hasidism who wrote the Tanya, the main work of the Chabad approach to Hasidic mysticism. The parade was established by the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Schneerson as a demonstration of Jewish unity and pride. Lag B'Omer is a Jewish holiday celebrated on the 33rd day of the Counting of the Omer, which occurs on the 18th day of the Hebrew month of Iyar. It commemorates the death of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai, and the day on which he revealed the secrets of the Kabbalah in the form of the Zohar, a Jewish mystical text.

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Size: 2832px × 4256px
Location: Eastern Parkway, Crown Heights, Brooklyn, NY,
Photo credit: © Ethel Wolvovitz / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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