Ultra orthodox Jews dance with torah scrolls during the inauguration ceremony for a new Torah to the synagogue at the tomb of Reb Nachman of Breslov in the Ukrainian city of Uman 21 September 2006. Thousands of Jews arrived on pilgrimage to their cabbalist and Hasidic rabbi Nachman of Breslov who died in 1810 and was buried in Uman. The tradition is to come especially for the Rosh Hashana (Jewish New Year) which will start the New Year 5767 according to the Jewish calendar, during the upcoming Friday eve. Getty Images logo Getty Images 38 months ago

Ultra orthodox Jews dance with torah scrolls during the inauguration ceremony for a new Torah to the synagogue at the tomb of Reb Nachman of Breslov in the Ukrainian city of Uman 21 September 2006. Thousands of Jews arrived on pilgrimage to their cabbalist and Hasidic rabbi Nachman of Breslov who died in 1810 and was buried in Uman. The tradition is to come especially for the Rosh Hashana (Jewish New Year) which will start the New Year 5767 according to the Jewish calendar, during the upcoming Friday eve.

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