Jerusalem – Lag BaOmer In Meron – Live Video- Photos

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    Jerusalem – Hundreds of thousands of Jews are making their way to the Galilean city of Meron Saturday night and Sunday, participating in the annual celebration of Lag Ba’Omer.

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    Police in the quiet town situated just one mountain away from the mystical city of Tzfat are expecting half a million Jews to arrive, traveling in busses, private cars, and some even on foot. As of 9:30pm Saturday night, 20,000 people had already arrived.

    Lag Ba’Omer is the 33rd day of the 50 day count between the holiday of Pesach (Passover), at which time the Israelites were freed from slavery in Egypt, and the holiday of Shavuot, at which time they received the Torah at Mount Sinai. However, it is also the day of the passing of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai.

    Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai (sometimes known by the acronym Rashbi), was a rabbi in the time of the Mishna, after the destruction of the Second Temple. The pre-eminent disciple of the great Rabbi Akiva, he was – like his predecessor – a vocal opponent of the Roman occupation of the Land of Israel, and was forced to go into hiding for 13 years with his son, Rabbi Eliezer, in order to avoid imprisonment by the Romans.

    However, Rabbi Shimon’s foremost legacy is the Zohar, the fundamental work of the Kabbalah, the teachings of Jewish mysticism. It is primarily for this reason that the day of his passing is celebrated by the Jewish people. Tradition records that on the day of his death, Rabbi Shimon revealed to his students the deepest secrets of mysticism, causing a day which would have been sorrowful and bitter to become a day of celebration and rejoicing.

    Moreover, prior to this day, the 33rd day of the Omer corresponded to the end of a plague which ravaged the 24,000 students of Rabbi Akiva (though some interpretations say many of the students died participating in the Bar Kochba rebellion against the Romans, an effort in which Rabbi Akiva was a leading figure), causing the day to be one of celebration independent of a relationship to Rabbi Shimon.

    Approximately 4,000 police officers with cars, helicopters, and a Zeppelin aircraft will be on hand to guide and protect the pilgrims. Magen David Adom emergency medical services personnel will also be present.

    Visitors are also being encouraged not to attempt to make it all the way to Meron in personal automobiles, but to park in designated parking lots and avail themselves of busses and shuttles which will be provided for their use in accessing the site.

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    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    13 years ago

    wow just beautiful

    power up
    power up
    13 years ago

    My heart goes out to be there

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    13 years ago

    How can I see it on a blackberry?

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    13 years ago

    cool but i like my bed!

    meron
    meron
    13 years ago

    You cant imaginehow beautiful its out there. until you experience it yourself.

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    13 years ago

    the zcues of the holy tano should be migen on us

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    13 years ago

    How can I watch miron live on an iPhone?

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    13 years ago

    I’m here now in meron someone who was never here cannot imagine what’s going on over here

    Simple jew
    Simple jew
    13 years ago

    I am right now on w Hoffman bus on the way there my heart is filled with exicetment I was here’re the last time 9 years ago for my brothers upsheren now thank god I’m in yeshivas Mir so I can go

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    13 years ago

    was there last night, was absolutly amazing!!

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    13 years ago

    This place rocks!!! This is the best
    I’ve ever seen in miron.

    Aviva
    Aviva
    13 years ago

    Lakavod bar yochai, from
    Wichita Kansas. We are dancing “Bar Yochai! You were anointed – You are fortunate;
    With oil of joy from your fellows. Yiddishkeit is alive in Kansas