Southend Orthodox Jewish Community

WE had a festival 2 weeks ago its called Lag Beomer where we light a fire and dance we did it in our back garden. I made a special cake with the kids that represents the festival.

If you are not familiar with what happened a few weeks ago in Israel, we Jews go to mount Meron in Israel where one of our ancient mystical rabbi is buried and we light a fire and dance around it in honor of his passing. Unfortunately there was a tragic accident- a stampede occurred and sadly 45 were killed and 150 were hospitalized. I have sent a picture of what it looks like every year in Israel as every person dances together no matter who you are its lovely.