Israel Police has completed its preparations for the Rashbi event at Meron which will take place on Lag B’Omer, on Thursday evening and Friday.
Thousands of police, Border Police, National Guard, and traffic police officers are already deployed in the town of Meron, at the Rashbi compound, and on access roads in order to maintain public order and direct traffic.
At the same time, Israel Police is operating a helicopter, observation equipment, drones, ATVs, off-road vehicles, and motorcycles in the entire area.
Thousands of ushers from the Chareidi community will operate in all areas of Meron.
The number of attendants has been limited through pre-purchased Ministry of Transport travel tickets. The drive up to Meron will only be permitted to public buses and shuttles.
The police will provide essential information to the public on an ongoing basis through hotline 110, the police’s national information hotline, and through the media.
Important phone numbers for public use:
▪️ You can stay updated at all times via the official information centers for the Rashbi celebration in Meron through the website or the information hotline at *3213
▪️1220 – Locating lost people in the compound area.
▪️100 – Israel Police emergency hotline (to report unusual events / a suspicious person or object).
▪️110 – Israel Police national information hotline (changes in traffic arrangements, directions to the event)
(YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)
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A true story…
On Monday May 11th 2014 I visited Ben’s Tallit Shop in the Jewish Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem. Caroline and I had met Azriel, the manager of the shop, at the Hurva Shul one Shabbat in early 2013. We spoke about many things over an hour, including תכלת and our just ended 9 month trip to the Sinai, Egypt. He was very keen for me to attend Lag B’Omer in Meron with his group of male friends on Sat. 17th. I politely declined his offer as the ritual didn’t interest me in the slightest. I have always found the idea of praying at a deceased Rabbi’s grave for “intercession” as being akin to Necromancy. I also had no interest in being part of a huge throng of frenzied people in a congested space. (Note what happened at the site in 2021.)
I also pointed out to Azriel that I though Jews should shift their focus to Jerusalem away from Meron or Uman in Ukraine.
There is also the big issue this year of the ongoing Drought and bone dry vegetation in Israel so the organisers of this 2025 event have to be very careful.
Each to his own I suppose…