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==The parade==
The parade began with habit of Rabbi [[Zvi Yehuda Kook]] and his followers in [[Mercaz HaRav]] Yeshiva to march to the [[Western Wall]] through [[Jaffa Road]], singing and dancing, at night after the end of the holiday rally at the Yeshiva Hall. This custom began in 1968. In 1974, Yehuda Hazani, a yeshiva student, initiated the bringing of an orchestra and the joining of high school yeshivot to the event. It was later decided to move the event to daytime to allow more people to take part in the march.
During the parade, Israeli flag-bearers march through the city streets, accompanied by mobile orchestras on trucks playing Hassidic songs. At several points along the way, stationary stages are set up on which performances by artists take place. Most of the participants in the march and celebrations are members of [[Religious Zionism]] who journey to the city from all over Israel.{{Citation needed|date=June 2021}}
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