Online Parade for Shluchim Kids

While children in Anash communities like Crown Heights, London, Montreal, and Miami geared up for their local Lag B’omer rallies, young shluchim living in remote towns around the world attended their very own Online Great Parade, organized by Chinuch Yaldei Hashluchim.

From their living rooms across the globe, over 800 young shluchim participated in the parade complete with floats, marching bands and of course the 12 pesukim. Second grade boys from the Shluchim Online School dressed up as clowns and fifth grade boys as musicians, while families of shluchim joined together to prepare their very own floats.

A parade was also held for the Hebrew speaking young Shluchim. This was hosted by the Shluchim Online School Hebrew Division. During this parade children were able to showcase the floats they had built and were then entered into a competition. Pictured below is the float of Junior Shliach Mendy Kaminetzky. Mendy is 11 years old and on Shlichus in Belgrade, Serbia. His float features all the children in his Online School class, together with his Rebbi, learning in Lubavitch with the Rebbe Rashab.

As Rabbi Shea Hecht, who graciously leads the online parades each year, said, “Because my father, of blessed memory, and family had the z’chus to run the rallies in 770 and Lag B’omer Parades, when CYH started making their rallies and parades, they recruited me to join and MC those special programs. It’s always great inspiration to myself and to the kids. How do I know? Because I have einiklach who participate in these programs – and they are true lifelines for them.”

Chinuch Yaldei Hashluchim, a project of The Shluchim Office, engages young shluchim around the world through specialized programming and initiatives.