Video: In The Mosh Pit With Thousands Of Hasidic Rabbis
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Mayer Kotlarsky awaits a friend's arrival outside the International Conference of Chabad-Lubavitch Emissaries banquet at the South Brooklyn Marine Terminal on Sunday night. <br/>(Nathan Tempey/Gothamist)
A 23-piece brass-and-strings ensemble played throughout the night. <br/>(Nathan Tempey/Gothamist)
An estimated 4,400 rabbis and 800 other Hasidic leaders attended the big-budget event. <br/>(Eliyahu Parypa/Chabad.org)
Rabbi Moshe Kotlarsky holds Moshe Holtzberg, 8, who lost both his parents in the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks. <br/>(Eliyahu Parypa/Chabad.org)
A Chabad spokesman said the dancing at the annual gala is "a pure expression of joy." <br/>(Eliyahu Parypa/Chabad.org)
Party-goers came on foot and by car, charter bus, and limo.<br/>(Nathan Tempey/Gothamist)