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The annual Rosh Hashana pilgrimage effectively redirected the focus of Breslover Hasidut from the town of Breslov to the town of Uman. Today, the town of Breslov is considered a side-trip for visitors to Ukraine, as the only sites of interest to Breslover Hasidim there are the graves of Reb Nosson and other Breslover figures.
Uman (Ukrainian: Умань, IPA: ⓘ, Polish: Humań) is a city in Cherkasy Oblast, central Ukraine.It is located to the east of Vinnytsia.Located in the east of the historical region of Podolia, the city rests on the banks of the Umanka River.
The Three Pilgrimage Festivals or Three Pilgrim Festivals, sometimes known in English by their Hebrew name Shalosh Regalim (Hebrew: שלוש רגלים, romanized: šālōš rəgālīm, or חַגִּים, ḥaggīm), are three major festivals in Judaism—two in spring; Passover, 49 days later Shavuot (literally 'weeks', or Pentecost, from the Greek); and in autumn Sukkot ('tabernacles ...
As Russian forces make slow progress in eastern Ukraine, Ukraine's military stages a surprise cross-border attack. Ukraine in maps: Tracking the war with Russia Skip to main content
Map; History of Jewish Community in Medzhibozh; The murder of the Jews of Medzhybizh during World War II, at Yad Vashem website. (in Russian) Анатолий Хаеш. Несостоявшееся выселение евреев из Меджибожа (1843-1852 гг.) (Anatoly Haesh: The Exile of Jews from Medzhibizh that Never Happened)
Google has updated it's aerial maps of Ukraine for the first time since the start of Russia's attack - with images now revealing the full scale of devastation. The contrast is stark in Mariupol.
The Jewish cemetery in Leżajsk is a place of pilgrimage for Jews from all over the world, who come to visit the tomb of Elimelech, the great 18th century Hasidic Rebbe. [7] From the early 1500s until the advent of World War II and the Holocaust, there was a major Jewish presence in Leżajsk.
However, with the czar wildly claiming that 90% of the revolutionaries were Jews, pogroms swept the Russian Empire – notably in Ukraine and Bessarabia . Pogroms , led by Cossacks – set for immediately after the Orthodox Easter - tore into the Jewish communities, killing and looting Jews in scattered towns & villages.