As every year in the past decade, this year too, in a few days, around 30,000 to 40,000 Orthodox Jews came to our country to commemorate the world-famous rabbi of Hungarian origin. According to the Hebrew calendar, Reb Steiner died on the 3rd of the month of Saje Ijár, which fell on April 24 this year. The event was organized by the rabbi's grandson's family living in the United States and its foundation.

This year again, tens of thousands of religious Jews made a pilgrimage to Bodrogkeresztúr to the grave of the former miracle rabbi. The event, which attracts more and more religious pilgrims every year, provides them with the opportunity to, according to their faith, pray at the grave and the un. their messages written on "request slips", primarily regarding the well-being of their family and community, should be heard.

On the anniversary of the death of Rabbi Reb Steiner Saje (1851–1925), people mostly come from America, Israel, England, Belgium, South Africa and Australia to the local settlement. The miracle rabbi Reb Sájele was not only famous for his healings, teachings and donations, but the spiritual teachings of the Jew also play an extremely important role in the lives of his followers.

The Reb Steiner Saje Memorial House, built in the former residence of the miracle rabbi, is a popular place of pilgrimage, as is his grave located in the Jewish cemetery founded in the 18th century on the side of Dereszla hill, over which his admirers have also built an ohel (tent-like grave).


The organizer and host of the event, which lasts for several days and significantly determines the life of the settlement economically, is the Keren Menachen Foundation, founded by the descendant of the miracle rabbi, Rubin Shaye, and his family, which slowly, with the participation of the fourth generation, tries to introduce the world to the teachings of the Bodrogkeresztúr rabbi and the the tradition of visiting the grave.

During the holocaust, more than 700 Jews from Kreuzgür were abducted, and their memorial plaque can be found in the Heroes' Park. There were once three synagogues in the settlement, but today only the largest one stands, the Freshman Protection Center operates in the building overlooking Bodrog.

Source: sajomente.hu

Photo: mazsihisz.hu