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Hundreds of thousands of Jews are in Meron on Monday Night May 8 2023 to celebrate Lag Ba'Omer. The holiday marks the passing of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai (Rashbi).
The commentary on the Pentateuch called the Zohar (Shining Light), the classical source of Jewish mysticism, is attributed to Rashbi, who lived in the 2nd century C.E, died on Lag B'Omer and is buried in Meron.
The Talmud tells how Rashbi was forced to hide in a cave with his son for twelve years in order to escape the Romans who wanted to kill him for rebellion. During this period, the Talmud relates that a carob tree and spring of fresh water were the pair's only sustenance, and that he and his son reached spiritual heights in Torah study and kabbala that made their return to the everyday world a difficult transition. Rashbi is revered as a mystic, supremely pious sage, who did not engage at all in worldly pursuits.
The night of Lag Ba'Omer, The Boyaner Hassidic Rabbi lights the first flame of the festivities at midnight and the thousands who have come to Meron continue to sing and dance through the night, chanting the refrains of various songs praising Rashbi, expressing the joy of being a Jew, calling on G-d to deliver His people from danger, and describing their confidence that He purifies them from transgressions.
Among them are many three year old boys, brought by their families for their first haircut, called "chalaka", which Hassidim do traditionally in Meron on Lag Ba'Omer.
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Thousands of people are already in Meron on Monday Erev Lag B’Omer and tens of thousands are making their way to the site from all over Eretz Yisrael, as Jews prepare to celebrate Lag B’Omer two years after the tragic Meron disaster.
Unlike last year, when the Boyaner Rebbe was the only one permitted to carry out a hadlakah, this year, the new outline implemented by Jerusalem Minister Meir Porush and project manager Yossi Deitsch allows for 30 hadlakos over Lag B’Omer in the new expanded Hillula Complex (Complex 89).
Like every year, the Hillulas HaRashbi will begin at 8:30 p.m. with the hadlakah of the Boyaner Rebbe, the only one who is permitted to hold an hadlakah on the roof of the tizon, in accordance with the recommendations of the state commission of inquiry into the Meron disaster.
This year, the number of people allowed at the site at one time is about 50,000, more than double the amount allowed last year thanks to the expansion of the site. Visitors will be allowed to stay on Har Meron for up to five hours.
The commentary on the Pentateuch called the Zohar (Shining Light), the classical source of Jewish mysticism, is attributed to Rashbi, who lived in the 2nd century C.E, died on Lag B'Omer and is buried in Meron.
The Talmud tells how Rashbi was forced to hide in a cave with his son for twelve years in order to escape the Romans who wanted to kill him for rebellion. During this period, the Talmud relates that a carob tree and spring of fresh water were the pair's only sustenance, and that he and his son reached spiritual heights in Torah study and kabbala that made their return to the everyday world a difficult transition. Rashbi is revered as a mystic, supremely pious sage, who did not engage at all in worldly pursuits.
The night of Lag Ba'Omer, The Boyaner Hassidic Rabbi lights the first flame of the festivities at midnight and the thousands who have come to Meron continue to sing and dance through the night, chanting the refrains of various songs praising Rashbi, expressing the joy of being a Jew, calling on G-d to deliver His people from danger, and describing their confidence that He purifies them from transgressions.
Among them are many three year old boys, brought by their families for their first haircut, called "chalaka", which Hassidim do traditionally in Meron on Lag Ba'Omer.
News Release
Thousands of people are already in Meron on Monday Erev Lag B’Omer and tens of thousands are making their way to the site from all over Eretz Yisrael, as Jews prepare to celebrate Lag B’Omer two years after the tragic Meron disaster.
Unlike last year, when the Boyaner Rebbe was the only one permitted to carry out a hadlakah, this year, the new outline implemented by Jerusalem Minister Meir Porush and project manager Yossi Deitsch allows for 30 hadlakos over Lag B’Omer in the new expanded Hillula Complex (Complex 89).
Like every year, the Hillulas HaRashbi will begin at 8:30 p.m. with the hadlakah of the Boyaner Rebbe, the only one who is permitted to hold an hadlakah on the roof of the tizon, in accordance with the recommendations of the state commission of inquiry into the Meron disaster.
This year, the number of people allowed at the site at one time is about 50,000, more than double the amount allowed last year thanks to the expansion of the site. Visitors will be allowed to stay on Har Meron for up to five hours.