Dear VIN News,
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I’m wondering what your readers think about the upcoming Lag B’Omer festivities in Meron? Should we encourage our children to avoid the ceremony altogether? Or is that an unreasonable position?
On the one hand, there are major changes taking place to ensure the safety of participants, and that there is no repeat of last year’s tragedy Chas V’Chalilah.
With that said, last year’s tragedy was of unspeakable proportions. We lost so many dear pure-hearted people, including many youths. And there seemed to be negligence involved. Are we just supposed to believe that this year, everything will be done in a safe manner?
Would it not make sense to see how this year’s festivity goes, before returning to Meron?
I wonder what the opinion is of Daas Torah (and possibly other readers) on this very serious matter.
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Not one gadol has said not to go this year.
We have to do our best under the current situation to feel the great day!!
You should not visit it this year, nor any other year.
Follow: The Rebbeim of the large Hasidic groups – Gur, Satmar, Vizhnitz, Belz, etc….who don’t go then. Follow the great Litvishe gedolim who also stay away.
Do not follow: Hype and advertising.
The hadlukeh of Lag Baoimer is one of the greatest Chasidishe holidays. Every Rebbe and Rebbele must make their own hadlukeh.
Stay away from Meron on Lag Ba’omer and every other day.
The origins of lighting bonfires at graves are Paegan. It seems not to be in our Masorah other than these most recent hundreds of years.
This is all an attempt by the Zionists to destroy Yiddishkeit. A million Charedim should force their way in to show them who’s boss. Nothing will happen as Hashem seeing such sacrifice for Yiddishkeit will surely protect from any danger.