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Bookmark or Share- What is the Mount Meron pilgrimage? | The Jewish StandardThe pilgrimage to Mount Meron, located just outside the northern city of Safed, began in the 11th century at the gravesite of earlier sages — Hillel the Elder and Shammai the Elder — who are...
- IDF recommends that gov. cancels Lag Ba'omer event at Meron - The ...Children and their parents gather around a bonfire to celebrate the Jewish holiday of Lag Baomer, on May 8, 2023, in Tel Aviv. The IDF recommended to the government that the Lag Ba’omer ...
- Meron Disaster: Netanyahu 'Personally Responsible,' but ... - HaaretzMar 6, 2024. The state commission of inquiry that investigated the Mount Meron disaster found that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu bears responsibility for the stampede that claimed the lives of 45 people in April 2021, according to the final report released Wednesday.
- Meron, Israel - WikipediaMeron (Hebrew: מֵירוֹן, Meron) is a moshav in northern Israel. Located on the slopes of Mount Meron in the Upper Galilee near Safed, it falls under the jurisdiction of Merom HaGalil Regional Council. Meron is most famous for the tomb of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai, and is the site of annual mass public commemoration of Lag Ba'Omer.
- Meron | Location, Israel, & Mountain | BritannicaMount Meron (3,963 feet [1,208 metres]), Israel’s highest point in its pre-1967 boundaries, is 2 miles (3 km) northwest. Meron is mentioned in the History of the Jewish War (75−79) of Flavius Josephus. It is the site of the tomb of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai, 2nd-century rabbinic teacher and legendary author of the Kabbalistic Zohar.
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