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On 30 April 2021, at about 00:45 IDT , a deadly crowd crush occurred on Mount Meron, Israel, during the annual pilgrimage to the tomb of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai on the Jewish holiday of Lag BaOmer, at which it was estimated that 100,000 people were in attendance. Forty-five men and boys at the event were killed, and about 150 were injured ...
Mount Meron has a relatively cool climate with significant precipitation; [13] and has the second highest precipitation in Israel after Mount Hermon. Note: the chart is an average of 5 years so the record highs and lows may not be fully accurate.
Mount Meron is located around 10 kilometers (6 miles) south of the border with Lebanon. Israel’s parliament passed an emergency law to shutter the pilgrimage site earlier this week, due to the ...
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.
The government appoints a three-member commission led by former chief justice Miriam Naor to investigate the disaster at Mount Meron in April, which left 45 people dead and over 150 wounded. [ 206 ] Members of the IDF National Rescue Unit arrive in Surfside, Florida , to assist with rescue efforts at a condominium collapse site and ultimately ...
Some 45 people were killed and 150 were injured in the crush in northern Israel.
Meron is a town, which is separate from Mount Meron. The event took place on the mountain, not in the town 98.210.182.206 ( talk ) 23:24, 30 April 2021 (UTC) Despite the word used by the news media, "crush" is less accurate of a word to describe what happened than the word "stampede".
The tomb of Shimon bar Yochai (Hebrew: קבר רבי שמעון בר יוחאי), or Kever Rashbi (קבר רשב״י), on Mount Meron is the traditional burial place of the 2nd-century Mishnaic rabbi Shimon bar Yochai.