Living Torah Archives

Highlights from the Lag B’Omer Parade of 1987.

Rabbi Chaim Yehuda Krinsky served in various positions of Chabad’s administrative staff and as a personal secretary to the Rebbe. In 1990, just days before the grand Lag B’Omer parade, the Rebbe asked him about the possibility of minting a batch of special coins commemorating the event. A seemingly impossible task to pull off in such short time, Rabbi Krinsky all but gave up. But after hearing how the Rebbe blamed himself for the last minute notice, he concluded that failure wasn’t an option. The coins were ready in time…

A newly acquired film showing a rare glimpse of the Rebbe visiting the Lag B’omer fair in Prospect Park.

Celebration of Lag B’omer, 5744, as captured by the lens of Sholom Ber Goldstein.

The Rebbe participates in the 1970 Lag B’omer parade in front of 770.

On his way to the Ohel, the Rebbe’s car passes the Lag B’omer carnival on Empire Boulevard.

A collage of Lag BaOmer parades spanning five decades, accompanied by a special recording of the niggun “Hinei Mah Tov.”

The Talmud tells us that 24,000 students of Rabbi Akiva died because “they did not treat one another with respect.” But the plague ended on Lag BaOmer, which means they had remedied their actions and began to treat each other with the appropriate level of esteem.

The Rebbe participates in an early Lag B’omer Parade.