What a wonderful day it was, Lag Baomer – Sunday 28 April 2013, at the Chabad Youth NSW at the Yeshiva Centre.
After much preparation and efforts from so many the day finally arrived. Celebration was in the air and the music was uplifting and exciting.
The program started with a Rally called for 11am. The MC and coordinator of the event, Rabbi Elimelech Levy – Director of Chabad Youth NSW welcomed everyone, the full spectrum of the community. All were thanked for participating especially those who had taken the effort to make a Banner for the parade and thereby also joining the competition for the much-anticipated Apple iPad Mini.
At the Rally Rabbi Pinchus Feldman OAM, Dean and spiritual leader of the Yeshiva Centre spoke of the importance of the day and how around the globe, especially in Israel, hundreds of thousands of Jewish people were celebrating Lag Baomer.
After Rabbi Feldman, the crowds heard greetings from Malcolm Turnbull MP Federal member for Wentworth and David Clarke MLC, both long-standing friends and supporters of the Jewish community.
A 10 minute video presentation was shown of the New York Lag Baoemr Parade in 1984 in with the Lubavitcher Rebbe. Highlights of the film included a gun salute by the US army and a special rendition by County Tyrone Pipe band.
Following the video various children were called up to lead the reciting of the 12 Torah Passages.
The crowd than left the Yeshiva Centre with hundreds of Banners and Balloons and paraded up Flood St. onto Bondi Rd round to Old South Head Rd and Back to Flood St.
On return to the Yeshiva, there was a carnival for the whole family, which included a BBQ, Mini Jeeps, Craft making, Jumping Castle, Rock Climbing, Face Painting and Petting Zoo.
There was a wonderful atmosphere in the air, the kids were having fun while the parents socialized and ate from the Bar-b-q.
All the Banners were brought inside and spread across the floor of the main hall to be judged.
“It was extremely difficult to decide which were the top 10 banners that would go in the raffle for the Apple iPad Mini,” said the Judge, however after hours of deliberation, Artist Rivka Ray of Rose Bay was able to choose 20 Banners – 10 from the younger division and 10 from the older division.
The Banners were judged based on 3 points: Effort, Talent and Concept.
A raffle was drawn from each division and the 2 winners went into a separate raffle to find the final winner.
The winner was Mendel Gavson of Year 2 – Yeshiva College
All photos taken by Dovi Meyer
http://www.dovimeyerphotography.com
so much fun!!! 😀 go cheder
WHERE R U?!?!?!??!?!?!!?
why dont you put up your father and son event?
Thank you to Rabbi Elimelech Levy for almost single handedly creating this phenomenal event! May you continue to make the Rebbe proud and light up Sydney!
Keep up your amazing chayos from all your US family
Great poster – from your cuzins
You really make us proud Menachem Mendel for the effort you put into making your Ahavas Yisroe-l banner.
Love from Zeidi, Bobby and Tzemach in London
berel light looking good!
Were loving the costume!!
komars looking great!!
Best community – yelchu mechayil el choyil!
Go! Chana, Zevi, and Ruvy!! Hope you had a great Lag B’Omer. Wishing we were there with you!
go chaim ber go you look great
Rabbi Zalmy Goldstein and Chida Levitansky for the marching band. Raizel Feldman and the Girls High School for all their efforts and also to the bochurim and everyone else who had helped to make this a great event. Thank you all so much! Elimelech and Chana Levy, Chabad Youth NSW
i miss that place!
Thank you for showing us the beautiful work done by the children. It would be nice to see some more of those top 20 banners.
chida wa there!
he also made a fathers and sons the night before in yeshiva it was packed!
p.s. good times always!
it was very nice, the marching band the booths and the achdus! and yes chida and zalmy did the band u can see in one of the pics chida is walking backwards.
i heard he did the marching band with zalmy g.