First Rosh Hashana Kibbutz

Following Nachman's death and burial in the local Jewish cemetery in 1810, Nathan Sternhartz organized the first annual Rosh Hashana kibbutz at the gravesite in 1811. The gathering was grounded in the belief that Nachman had promised to intercede for anyone who came to pray at his grave on Rosh Hashana. Nathan continued to lead this pilgrimage annually until his own death in 1844. The supplied passages describe the modern pilgrimage site as the former Jewish cemetery location, now marked by a rebuilt synagogue, but do not explicitly state that the 1811 gathering itself took place within the cemetery grounds.