The IDF Home Front Command is set to engage in urgent deliberations in the forthcoming days concerning the authorization of the annual Lag Ba’omer celebration in Meron, scheduled for May. This is in light of ongoing cross-border exchanges of fire with Hezbollah and the ongoing conflict in Gaza.
Given the stringent timelines and imperative preparatory measures, the IDF is anticipated to propose a tentative verdict on the matter by mid-March.
This decision aims to facilitate the advancement of arrangements for any prospective plan, acknowledging the inherent risks associated with the event’s proximity to the Israel-Lebanon border, approximately 10 kilometers away.
Security authorities acknowledge the potential political pressures emanating from chareidi sectors advocating for the event’s continuation, even if in a diminished capacity. Nevertheless, there are apprehensions that such a scenario could draw thousands to the site, which has recently been subjected to numerous sophisticated anti-tank missiles and rocket attacks. Some of these assaults have directly targeted the aerial defense installation situated atop the mountain.
Estimations by security officials suggest that even in the event of a diplomatic understanding with Hezbollah or a ceasefire agreement with Hamas as part of a hostage release negotiation, which might temporarily stabilize the northern border akin to previous agreements, ensuring the safety of the multitude on the mountain would remain a formidable challenge, particularly if rockets are launched.
The deployment of hundreds of IDF personnel and police officers to safeguard the event amid heightened tensions in the Galilee region will weigh heavily on the final decision.
Contingent upon the potential cancellation of the traditional celebration, authorities are contemplating the imposition of a military closure directive for the mountainous area to enforce the prohibition on people’s arrival.
Meanwhile, the Home Front Command is exploring the possibility of hosting a significantly smaller gathering on Har Meron on March 17, commemorating the birth and passing of Moshe Rabbeinu. Such an event typically draws several thousand, a scale deemed permissible under current guidelines.
{Matzav.com Israel}
They should cancel it this year and every year. It’s complete שתויות
How dare you say that holy yidden going to the heilige tzion of Rashbi is שטויות (note spelling). Do some research before being motzi shem ra on Klal Yisrael. You better pray that you never need tzaddikim who are not with us to intervene in Heaven.
There is no Mkor that Reb Shimon it actually Nikvar in Meron.
No Sifrei Hage’onim or any Rishonim that his Yartzeit is on Lag Bomer
If Klal Yisrael go there, there must be he’s buried there. Just because you didn’t find doesn’t mean he’s not buried there.
We’ll cross that bridge when we get there.
It’s a good idea. An additional reason is to be nosea b’ol im chavero. While thousands of Yidden are in danger, the hostages are still being held and tens of thousands still forced out of their communities, others don’t need to sing and dance in such a public way, as if nothing is going on. Besides that it’s more fodder for those who say the Charedim should join the army. I was learning in the Mir during the Yom Kippur war. Rav Chaim Shmulevitz gave a shmuz although it was bein hazmanim. He said, because of the situation, no Yeshiva people should be seen in the street unless it is absolutely necessary. Our role during a war is only Torah and Tifelah. Those who really want to connect with Reb Shimon Bar Yochai can learn Mishnaiyos and/or say Tehilim l’eluy nishmoso from their own Beis Medresh or home. Someone who is truely erlich and sincere would understand to forgo the (adventure of the) trip this year.
To Anonymous: “shtuyot” is spelled with a “tess” (the second letter), not a “tof”.
It’s a good idea. An additional reason is to be nosea b’ol im chavero. While thousands of Yidden are in danger, the hostages are still being held and tens of thousands still forced out of their communities, others don’t need to sing and dance in such a public way, as if nothing is going on. Besides that it’s more fodder for those who say the Charedim should join the army. I was learning in the Mir during the Yom Kippur war. Rav Chaim Shmulevitz gave a shmuz although it was bein hazmanim. He said, because of the situation, no Yeshiva people should be seen in the street unless it is absolutely necessary. Our role during a war is only Torah and Tifelah. Those who really want to connect with Reb Shimon Bar Yochai can learn Mishnaiyos and/or say Tehilim l’eluy nishmoso from their own Beis Medresh or home. Someone who is truely erlich and sincere would understand to forgo the (adventure of the) trip this year.
To Anonymous: “shtuyot” is spelled with a “tess” (the second letter), not a “tof”.
Meron does not belong to the Zionist government. They wouldn’t dare start up with the Yerushalmim.
Yesterday the Israeli government said to do away with Purim costumes, today it’s Meron. Is Matzos next on their agenda against Hashem and His Holy Jews with an excuse that the antisemitic world not start a blood libel?
So are you suggesting they are trying to shmad up the entire country?;
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They didn’t say not to wear Purim costumes. Just not very scary ones. So many people have been suffering trauma from this horrible, horrific war. It’s more important to feel another Yid’s pain.