Even holy sites have to pay the electric bill. The kever of the Rambam in Tiveriah has been plunged into darkness because of a debt to the electricity company totaling $11,500.
Rabbi Yisroel Deri, one of the managers of the site, admitted today that the bill “fell between the cracks.” As a result, the kever – where people come to daven around the clock – is now closed to night visitors.
“We accumulated a debt. We didn’t pay. And we’re working on it,” Rabbi Deri said. Signs at the entrance announce that the site is closed at night “due to a power glitch.”
The Rambam was niftar in Cairo in 1204. He was later reburied in Tiveriah.
A spokeswoman for the Israel Electric Corporation, Orna Vagman, said the company “had no other choice but to disconnect the electricity” at the site because of a debt accrued over “many months.”
{Noam Amdurski-Matzav.com Newscenter/AP}
does anyone know where to send money to fix this problem? especially before yom tov when so many visitors comming
today the Rambam lights up the entire WORLD with his amazing Seforim & work he put into them. get YOUR light from the light of torah & not through light bulbs & electricity.
MAY his neshama have an aliyah
who owns these places?
They couldn’t wait twelve more days until his Hilulla?
lets all send money. Any address to send it to?
The Rambam wants the money to be given to poor people instead!
#6 what about the people who want to be mispallel there at night and can’t
The lights are burning brightly it’s only your eyes that are closed.
Isn’t it amazing that the picture shown here can no longer be replicated live due to the “modern” obstruction running down its length?