When Alexander Rapaport walked into New York's Madison Square Garden with his father shortly before his bar mitzvah, in 1990, for the 9th Siyum Hashas, or celebration of completing the seven-and-a-half year cycle of daily Talmud study, he was overwhelmed by the sight of 20,000 Jews gathered in one place.
- By Rachel
- 31 Jul 2012
- 06:13AM
You missed the large Orthodox gathering of 60,000 a few monthes ago.
thank you
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