400,000 at Mount Meron
Some 400,000 people attended the festivities last night at Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai's tomb in Mount Meron. At 8:30 pm Monday the Boyan Rebbe lit the first bonfire, giving the signal to the opening of the annual celebrations. 150 people were injured. Photos
May 12, 2009 – 18 Iyyar 5769
Some 400,000 people attended the festivities last night at Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai's tomb in Mount Meron. At 8:30 pm Monday the Boyan Rebbe lit the first bonfire, giving the signal to the opening of the annual celebrations. 150 people were injured. Photos
to all those asking:
i dont know, but maybe it has to do with that senter picture in t he collage of pictures at the very begining, that has a truck or something burning
tho i dont know how so many ppl were injured hashem yishmor
refua shleema!!!!!
to COLLIVE:
please specify what incident occured that 150 people were injured r”l
thank you
were people injured or not? if yes than why?why?why? and why?
oy rebona sel olam help give a refua to those injured!
i saw the same and it was worth the whole trip to israel just to see young future shluchim of the rebbe being so involved. thank you moishy k for all u did with getting others involved in the work of the rebbe. this will bring moshiach.
i was at meiron and it was so beautiful seeing many boys and girls who are in israel for the year doing mivtzoyim, handing out rebbe cards and making a true kiddush lubavitch which inspired everyone who saw. congratulations moshe and friends!
i like that pic of that satmar or gur or whatever that guy is, next to a big meshichist pic.
i also ask, y were ppl injured? its wierd that collive.com says that there was the celebration, and ppl were injured.
some details pls!
I never heard that before, sounds interesting, and i’d love to hear more details about this minhag
its a minhag to burn clothes in the bonfires of lag baomer. one reason given is that the rashbi and reb elozor didn’t use clothes while they were learning in the cave (they covered themselves with the earth).
i also heard that that the rashbi was on the level of adam harishon before the cheit eitz hadaas (when adam didn’t wear clothes) or something along thise lines.
why is there a burnt car
y were ppl injured
What kind of a bonfire is that, it looks like its made from a pile of cloth, i assume shaimos type things, but how does it burn like that? wait, isnt shaimos buried, not burned? so what was that bonfire made out of?
at that beautiful picture of the Rebbe!!!
last year i was there and it was so beautiul to see chabad… there was another pic of the Rebbe- smiling and big and really inspirational. there was also a video playing of lag beomer parades by the Rebbe and so many chasidishe stopped for a long while to watch!! the video had a farbrengen in770 with the Rebbe singing tzomo lecha nafshi- it was sucha stunning sight!!
chasidim ashreinu!!!!
Why were 150 injerd?
were pple iinjured? wat happened?