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In Mount Meron Nature Reserve, there are some 45 hiking trails and routes for visitors to explore. [9] At Mount Meron’s peak, there is a circular walking path, from which visitors can observe panoramic views and see rare vegetation. [ 10 ]
According to a modern Kabbalistic tradition, a pilgrimage is made to the tomb on Lag baOmer to mark either Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai's "Yom Hillula" or the anniversary of his death. [17] The highlight of the event is the lighting of a bonfire at night on the roof of the tomb, after which joyous dancing begins.
Meron (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.
It is customary at the Meron celebrations, dating from the time of Rabbi Isaac Luria, that three-year-old boys be given their first haircuts , while their parents distribute wine and sweets. Similar upsherin celebrations are simultaneously held in Jerusalem at the grave of Shimon Hatzaddik for Jerusalemites who cannot travel to Meron. [13]
Clashes erupted on Sunday between police and Jewish pilgrims at a religious festival site in northern Israel where three years ago 45 people died in a crowd crush, and which authorities closed ...
Several years ago, I traversed the Kumano Kodo trail on my own spiritual quest, after having walked snippets of the Way of St. James (Camino de Santiago) in Portugal and the Via Francigena in Tuscany.
Mount Meron Nature Reserve is a declared nature reserve in the Galilee that constitutes the largest nature reserve in northern Israel, with an area of 90,596 dunams. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The reserve was declared on December 9, 1965, and has undergone several expansions and reductions in area since then.
Archaeological excavation on Mount Meron started in the 1920s. Substantial remains from the Roman period were found but only meager findings from earlier times. [5] The theory that Ein Meron spring at the foot of the mountain could be the "waters of Merom" of Joshua 11:5 and Joshua 11:7 was thus hard to support. [5]
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