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Mount Meron (Hebrew: הַר מֵירוֹן, Har Meron; Arabic: جبل الجرمق, Jabal al-Jarmaq) [1] is a mountain in the Upper Galilee region of Israel.It has special significance in Jewish religious tradition and parts of it have been declared a nature reserve.
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.
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 springs, and the mountain itself, are much contested by the nations of the area for the use of the water. Mount Hermon is also called the "snowy mountain", the "gray-haired mountain", and the "mountain of snow". It is also called "the eyes of the nation" in Israel because its elevation makes it Israel's primary strategic early warning system.
Many sites, such as the forests of Mount Carmel and Mount Meron, were declared forest reserves; certain trees were declared protected. In 1953 the Knesset passed the Wildlife Protection Law (חוק הגנת חיות-הבר) and the Minister of Agriculture was appointed for its implementation.
Bayt Jann (Arabic: بيت جن ; Hebrew: בית ג'ן ) is a Druze village on Mount Meron in northern Israel. [4] At 940 meters above sea level, Bayt Jann is one of the highest inhabited locations in the country. In 2022 it had a population of 12,433. [2]
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 ...
The Citadel of Safed is a now-defunct fortress castle situated on the peak of the mountain housing the modern city of Safed. Furthermore, fortifications existed during the late period of the Second Temple [1] as well as the Roman Empire. [2] However most of the remains left in the place are from the Crusader, Mamluk and Ottoman periods.