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Children from Crown Heights schools marched proudly to the Tzivos Hashem rally on Lag BaOmer. Watch a replay of the COLlive.com live stream. Photos, Video

Sights and scenes from preparations on Friday for Shabbos Parshas Emor in the Crown Heights neighborhood. Photos

Children from Crown Heights schools marched proudly to the Tzivos Hashem rally on Lag BaOmer. Watch a replay of the COLlive.com live stream. Photos, Video

Children from Crown Heights schools marched proudly to the Tzivos Hashem rally on Lag BaOmer. Watch a replay of the COLlive.com live stream. Photos, Video

Live at 8:30 PM ET: Watch live as the annual Crown Heights Lag BaOmer Unity Bonfire is lit accompanied by joyous dancing. Live

Just two weeks after getting married, Yoni Z is back with YA-YALLA—his first original release in over a year. Blending Middle Eastern rhythms with his signature pop sound, the track draws on the energy of his own wedding. Full Story, Photos, Audio

New music released for Lag BaOmer: Ashi Seper with vocals by Nachi Forster and Eli Tzvi Weiss and Shlomo Hecht. Video

Live at 9:00 PM ET: Rabbi Shais Taub presents “Zohar Illuminated,” selections of text of the Zohar as illuminated by the Rebbe, at a live event from the newly opened SoulWords House. Live

In Hayom Yom, the Rebbe writes that Lag B’Omer was always a special day by Chassidim, so much so that they would wait the entire year looking forward to Lag B’Omer, when they would go out to the field and great miracles would occur, especially in regard to children. Full Story

A frum man from a Litvish background wrote to Chabad Headquarters, a copy of which has been shared with COLlive, about his sister-in-law’s troubles with El Al in a French airport. Full Story