Following the tragedy in Meron, a large general gathering for all followers of Toldos Aharon throughout the country was held this past Tuesday night. The conference was held at the Great Beit Midrash in Mea Shearim.
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Thousands of Chasidim from across the country attended.
The rally was opened by Rabbi Yaakov Mendel Yorovitz, a member of the Eida Chareidis, who mourned the great loss of the late Rabbi David Kreuss. Rabbi Kreuss was killed in the Meron disaster. In addition, Rabbi Birach Yehuda Heimlich praised the Haredi community and the rabbis of the Toldot Aharon community.
The Rebbe of Toldot Aharon, who usually stays in Tzfas after Lag BaOmer came especially to attend the conference. He explained that we certainly do not know the ways of heaven, but these were taken and called up to make amends for the whole, and to atone for the whole house of Israel.
“Obviously we need to wake ourselves up and get stronger, and called for the correction of actions in general, and in particular.” The Rebbe continued, “I do not know what really needs to be awakened but every heart knows the stress of his soul, and I want to categorize Klal Yisrael only in general. In some things that always need strengthening. ”
After the rally, the Rebbe came to the Mea Shearim market to comfort mourners at the Kreuss family home where he sat for a long time. He told the orphans, “From now on, I would like to see where you are holding in learning – come to me regularly.”
Let’s be Mekabel, that we shall never ever again protest on the streets by blocking city buses and innocent cars.
We can all watch the video clips of those horrific protests where we are just sitting there in middle of the thru-way, piled up on each other, pulling our friends out of the police officers’ hands, forcing these hardworking police officers to carry our bodies away from the road.
There were good innocent people, old and young, who were on an important errand, doctor’s appointment, etc, (there are some stories of women and girls desperate to use the bathroom) who just had to sit on the road and wait for us Yeshiva boys sitting on the road singing Lag Bo’omer songs (yes, listen to the clips) among other songs.
How can a Yeshiva Bochur choose to cause so much pain and suffering to innocent people in the cars and buses, who did nothing wrong?
There needs to be a inquiry led by groups from all participating in the Meron Lag B’omer, the police and government, the politicians who pushed against the rules that police wanted and independent experts. From this inquiry we can see what went wrong and how to prevent it from Ch’as V’shalom ever occurring again.
They should be melitzei yosher for us all
it is very difficult to understand HaShem’s reason’s and methods. But He is the boss and we are just the workers….
Let us just do our work better and put more effort into it.
So just after a horrific thing happened because thousands of people packed themselves into a small place, the response is reported: pack thousands of people into a small place….
I can understand the ways of Hashem. I am having difficulty understanding the ways of the Rebbes.