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The traditional lighting and the only one on the roof of the tziyun,
will be conducted by the Boyaner Rebbe who will continue the tradition of his ancestors.
The area will be divided into two levels which can accommodate thousands of people.
The other hadlakos by the rebbes, rabbonim, and community leaders will be held in the new hilulah area
The 110 dunam (0.04 square miles) site includes a new 50 dunam (0.02 square miles) of parking lots for public and private buses, and another 60 dunam of areas for gatherings.
Large areas have been allotted for the hadlakos by the rebbes, rabbonim, and community leaders and for dancing around the clock.
The area will include large spaces for events, with each one able to accommodate thousands of people, with safe stands and seating. The area also contains a large innovative area for upsherin, a section for distributing food and drink according to the Chai Rotel custom, a large area for dancing with music which will play throughout the hilulah according to the Meron tradition, and a marquee with seating for davenning and learning.
The tziyun site will operate in accordance with a special protocol, and include hundreds of chareidi ushers at any given moment who will guard all the aisles, and ensure safety and security conditions are met at all times.
To preserve the Meron tradition, areas will be allocated close to the tziyun for davenning and dancing, instead of the courtyard close to the entrance which will be reserved for safe entry to the cave. In the Courtyard of Rabbi Eliezer (formerly the site of the Toldos Aharon hadlakah), there will be live music throughout the day and night of the hilulah, in line with the tradition of many years of having musicians playing in the cave courtyard.
A unique area for visitors, which will be allocated for use by communities. The plan includes entry being restricted to ticket-holders for the events at the site.
A spacious, airconditioned, and furnished marquee will be set up at the site for davenning and learning, with seating, close to the tziyun. There will also be 2 upsherin areas, including areas and marquees for women.
Rashbi’s tziyun has been recognized as exceptional in halachah, and Kohanim can also enter it.
Due to archeological excavations on Mount Meron and claims that human remains have been discovered on the mountain, a “bridge for Kohanim” was recently constructed according to halachah, from the middle of Mount Meron and up to the structure over Rashbi’s grave.
There will be a section in the hilulah area to remember the 45 who died in the Meron disaster two years ago. A yartzheit seudah will be held there, with the participation of hundreds of family members, and a memorial ceremony will be held l’ilui nishmos those who passed away, with songs of chizzuk and prayer.
Everything is ready for you here, at Rashbi!
Refreshments and delicious food
Chai Rotel around the clock
Cold and hot drinks
A spacious, airconditioned area
Fully separate for men and women
Register in advance and park in the Elifelet parking lot
Travel to Meron from the parking lot using shuttle bus 555 from the parking lot to Meron
Park at the Kahal parking lot
Travel to Meron using shuttle bus 444 from the parking lot to Meron
Return ticket to Meron, returning from the Parod parking lot
Come by public transportation direct to Meron. Return by shuttle bus from Terminal 1 to the Parod parking lot.
And from there to various places around the country
Please help everyone stay safe and don’t stay more than 5 hours in Meron!
Upsherin is a traditional Jewish custom on the day of Rashbi’s hilulah on Lag B’Omer, when parents go up to the tziyun of Rabbi Shimon in Meron with their 3-year-old sons, to cut their hair with joy and the participation of the entire family.
The custom has its origins in Rabbi Chaim Vital’s testimony about his rav, the Arizal, who cut his son’s hair close to Rashbi’s grave in Meron.
Parents honor the most important of their guests by asking them to cut a little of their son’s hair, and the haircut is completed at the end of the day leaving peyos, to fulfil the mitzvah of “You shall not round off the edge of your scalp”.
While cutting the hair, the family prays for the child’s success in Torah and yiras Shamayim and ends with the singing of chapter 150 in Tehillim, “Hallelu Kel bekodsho, Halleluhu birekiya uzo”. Some people have the custom to donate the weight of the hair to tzedakah as a segulah for the child to grow into a talmid chacham and ba’al tzedakah, with a long and good life.
Lag B’Omer is the day of the hilulah of the Tanna, Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai, which we, together with all sections of the public in Israel and worldwide, understand is an auspicious day for all the yeshuos.
The hilulah is the largest mass event in Israel surrounding Rashbi’s tziyun on Mount Meron in the Upper Galilee, with participants from all over Israel and the world.
Lag B’Omer occurs on the Jewish date of the 18th of Iyar, the 33rd (the numerical value of Lag) day of counting the Omer, and its name is derived from that. There are accounts of the hilulah at Rashbi’s grave in Meron in writings from over 700 years ago, and it was described at length by the Arizal and his disciples from Tzfas, who discovered that people can experience supernatural yeshuos on this day.
Lighting the bonfires l’ilui nishmas Rashbi on Lag B’Omer has its source in the words of our Sages, that on the day of Rashbi’s passing, flames surrounded his house due to the revelation of the Zohar and the secrets of the Torah from on high.
During the day, there are communal lighting events throughout the Jewish world, in honor of Rashbi’s hilulah. The most central one is held in Meron in the courtyard of Rashbi’s cave, with accompanying music and joyous dancing by the masses, beginning from sunset of Lag B’Omer and continuing almost without a break for 24 hours straight, as we all remember from our visits and the special photos.
In recent decades, the hilulah on Lag B’Omer has turned into the main event uniting all of us with all spheres of the Jewish world in Israel and abroad, with close to 1.5 million Jews in Meron at its high point.
Along all the paths going up to Rashbi’s tziyun in Meron, there are refreshment stations of Hachnasas Orchim Rashbi, distributing food and drink free of charge. It is well known that donating to hachnasas orchim in merit of Rashbi on the day of his hilulah is auspicious for supernatural yeshuos.
Alongside the joy and fervent dancing in the courtyard of the cave, many of us choose to enter the cave to daven close to the tziyun or participate in learning Zohar throughout the day, for yeshuah in all areas, as our Sages said: “In times of trouble, you can count on Rabbi Shimon!”
On the eve of Lag B’Omer, there is a traditional procession on foot from Tzfas to Meron, which is accompanied by musicians. Many Tzfas residents participate in this event, and on reaching Meron, they join the traditional joyous dancing in the courtyard of the cave.
On Lag B’Omer, the holy and sublime day on which the tzaddik distributes gifts, the rabbanim of the Pesach Hamearah Yeshivas Hamekubalim daven and learn continuously throughout the hilulah, and conduct special tikkunim for our merit and that of the Jewish people.
The Hachnasas Orchim Rashbi Meron has been active since 5708 (1948),
Operating to provide help, food and drink to all the olei regel
And visitors to the tziyun of Rashbi in Meron, year-round.
The Hachnasas Orchim Rashbi Meron area includes the Petach Hamearah Yeshivas Hamekubalim, where rabbonim study the Zohar for the zechus and success of the Jewish people every night from midnight until alos hashachar
Hours of activity:
Sunday-Thursday: 8 a.m. – 8 p.m.
Shabbos – all Shabbos seudos
Hours of activity:
Sunday-Thursday: 8 a.m. – 8 p.m.
Shabbos – all Shabbos seudos
