Tag: meron

“The Iranians will not be able to establish a new status of deterrence against the State of Israel."

Rashbi

Porush said he could not carry out his responsibilities because of clashes with the Religious Affairs Ministry and the National Center for the Development of Holy Sites.

Shofar time in the mountain

"Volunteers have come from all over the country and are active around the clock to provide emergency medical care in Meron."

“They should have shown more humanity and allowed in more people who sacrificed a lot to reach the celebration."

Criminal elements are pocketing thousands of shekels while creating unexpected pressure on each shift of celebrants the police will allow in.

Construction work ahead of the Lag B'omer festival, at the Tomb of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai, in Meron.

Steps must be taken to ensure that there is no excessive density in the mountain area and at key points of interest there."

"We followed a car that showed us the way," the Rebbe recalled, "and we passed localities where Arabs live, or as it is called, the 'territories.'"

When tragedy strikes, our moral and halakhic duty is to transcend the natural, and scrutinize our own actions by looking at ourselves in our own mirror, and not the actions of the others seen through the window, so that a desired change may hopefully come.

The Police’s Internal Affairs has already announced it will probe the police’s conduct.

The 19-year-old student from New Jersey was laid to rest in Jerusalem in a funeral attended by tens of thousands, including those online.

“This is an event that could have been prevented and it is now up to us to examine how this event could have been prevented,” stated the State Comptroller.

Each unit of blood can help save the lives of three sick or injured people who need blood.

Various splits and disagreements within the trusts have led to the emergence of four different religious trusts being involved in the management of the compound.

The type of things that one thinks about as a religious Jew in a shtetl or a small community are not the type of things that one has to think about as part of an entire country.

Mt. Meron is extra-territorial, it is an autonomy over which the state has no control.

“There were bodies piled up on top of each other—some of the people were alive, and some of them were already dead. I have never seen anything like this before,” said Itzik Itach, a senior volunteer paramedic and logistics director of the Jerusalem area for Rescuers Without Borders.

"The zealots of Tsfat hung the blame for the great disaster on the mixing of men and women in Meron and imposed a ban on women's visits to Mt. Meron on Lag B'Omer.

Bonfires will be permitted on Lag B'Omer in areas that have been prepared for this purpose by the local municipalities with the approval of the National Fire and Rescue Authority.

Six ambulances, two MICUs, a command vehicle and other designated emergency vehicles will be deployed in the field.

The directive was issued in order to prevent the gatherings that could lead to the subsequent return of multiple COVID-19 coronavirus infections.

The MDA volunteer from Tzefat could not have imagined this was the way his wedding day would turn out.

The Satmar Rebbe, enjoying his visit to Israel, dances with his Chassidim in Meron.

This holiday is especially cherished in Israel, where thousands of bonfires are lit on the evening of the holiday to commemorate the huge light brought into the world by the mystical teachings of the great sage.

The 6 am nightmare of police shutting down the buses and miles of traffic all gets wiped away the second the passenger reaches his destination and becomes one with the dancing crowd.

Thousands upon thousands of Jews celebrated Lag B'Omer at the Tomb of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai with song and dance and heartfelt prayer.

"We have established a special area for women to drink and rest. There are 12 diaper changing and nursing rooms with attendants on hand to help."

Yishai interviews new Oleh Chaim Messer along with Hassidim on their way to Meron for Lag B'Omer.