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Photo © Paweł Adamek

TITLE: Journey to Hollyness

Once a year - on jorcajt - the anniversary of death of tzaddik, contemporary Hasidim travel to the grave of their tzaddik to study the Torah and pray. At the grave they often leave kwitlech - a note with requests, for Hasidim believe that on the anniversary of his death the tzadik's soul descends to earth and takes his prayers straight to God. For many of them it is a journey of a lifetime and a dream come true. It is also a logistic challenge for the towns visited - usually small ones towns that suddenly receive several hundred or several thousand Jewish pilgrims.

AUTHOR: Paweł Adamek POLAND

Paweł Adamek, born in 1970, lives in Sucha Beskidzka. A photography teacher at a local technical school. Active member of various groups photography, especially the Independent Photographic Club from Krakow. His works have been shown at many group exhibitions, including as part of Photomonth in Krakow - Krakow Photo Fringe (2016) - "Radius π is how it is", photos are currently being presented in a collective an exhibition as part of the Multicultural Krakow project 'My, Your, Our. Faces of Krakow. " His main areas of photographic interest are reports about a man in his immediate surroundings, showing emotions and the multidimensional character of human life.

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