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Tens of Thousands Gather in Bnei Brak for Atzeres Tefillah and Demonstration Over Shul in Arad
Tens of thousands of people attended a tefillah rally in Bnei Brak in the wake of religious persecution in a shul in Arad two weeks ago.
Led by Gedolei Yisrael, shlita, tens of thousands of people attended a tefillah rally in Bnei Brak on Tuesday in the wake of religious persecution and the disruption of davening in a shul in Arad two weeks ago.
The demonstration was an expression of pain and an outpouring of heartfelt tefillos for an end to the violation of all that is holy in Klal Yisrael and to chillul Shem Shamayim. A similar event will be held in Ashdod on Wednesday and in Yerushalayim on Thursday.
In Bnei Brak, male participants filled Chazon Ish Street from the corner of Bartenura-Admor MiGur until Nechemiah Street; women gathered on Harav Landau Street. Many Gedolei Yisrael, Rebbes, Roshei Yeshivah and Rabbanim, shlita, stood together with the crowd, while others stood on balconies overlooking Chazon Ish Street.
The area was closed by police about an hour before the event began. More than 100 officers secured the site, and all public transportation routes were diverted from the area.
Participants — young and old, as well as many children — came from every stream and from every community, many carrying sifrei Tehillim and siddurim. The organizing committee distributed a booklet with Tefillas Minchah and the Tehillim that would be recited, as well as Kabbalas Ol Malchus Shamayim.
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Dozens of signs and placards bearing the message of the demonstration were hung on homes and poles in the area. They expressed the pain at the desecration of holiness, and the confidence that the holy Torah, which has prevailed throughout the generations, will prevail now as well.
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