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400 Marriages Take Place in Israel on Lag Ba’omer Ending ‘sefira’ Ban

May 23, 1962
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Some 400 marriages took place last night and this morning throughout Israel as the end of the Sefira ban on weddings was marked on Lag Ba’Omer. Thirty-five rabbis were recruited to perform 127 marriages in Tel Aviv.

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