Yidden of All Backgrounds Dance in Unity at Rashbi’s Meron Chatzer for Lag BaOmer

Yidden of All Backgrounds Dance in Unity at Rashbi’s Meron Chatzer for Lag BaOmer

A scene of achdus as Yidden from all backgrounds dance together in the Rashbi’s chatzer in Meron.

We Are All One, Really?

At the Lag B’Omer parade of 5750, the Rebbe spoke about the power of true unity not just among Yidden but across all nations and even within nature itself, offering guidance on how to see past surface-level division and recognize the world’s inherent oneness, created and sustained by Hashem for a singular purpose.

As part of the Lag BaOmer celebrations, a lighting ceremony was held tonight at the Bnei Akiva compound in Meron • Families of kidnapped and captivity survivors were honored with the pouring of the oil • Rosh Yeshiva in Yitzhar: "We receive blessings from the future, from eternity, and are not frightened by the 'here and now'"

Over one hundred and ten thousand celebrants and worshippers have ascended Mount Meron since the start of the festivities, and about seventy thousand are still staying on the mountain during the hot morning hours. After an especially busy night of prayers, celebrations, and dancing, flocks of thousands are seeking to return to their homes across the country, creating a bottleneck and unusual congestion at the foot of the mountain on the way to p…

After last year's celebration was not held due to the war, it will take place tonight, and so far about 20,000 people have arrived. The public celebrating has been instructed to stay at the venue for only five hours to allow additional revelers to enter. The police and fire and rescue forces are preparing in large numbers

Meron Prepared for Lag BaOmer Celebration

Just hours before the main Hilula event kicks off, Dov Ber Hechtman, official photographer for the Hilula of Rashbi in Meron, presents a stunning and exclusive look inside the beautifully renovated and upgraded “Area 89.” Photos