They sold out 42,000 seats for Asifa at Citi Field a week early. (How often do the Mets EVER sell out the stadium?!) They could have easily sold another 10,000 seats. And it was men only. If women were allowed (and there was space), it would have been an asifa of over 100,000! And that’s Chareidi Jews from just one metropolitan area in one part of one country. And even in that locality many Chareidim wouldn’t come because of scheduling conflicts, illness, too old, too young / children, absence that time from the city or away on business or pleasure, laziness, philosophical disagreement with the asifa, they don’t touch the internet anyways, family functions or wedding or a myriad of other reasons. Figure over 350,000 Chareidim in just the New York Metro area. Figure that many more in cities (Lakewood, Los Angeles, Chicago and many large and small towns) all over the rest of the United States. Add in Canada. Eretz Yisroel. Europe. Australia. South America. You’re talking large numbers.
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