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Boyaner Rebbe’s Ritual is About to be Snatched Away

You know that beautiful sight when the Boyaner Rebbe takes a torch to light the Lag BaOmer bonfire in Meron? Well, it might not happen this year because of a government minister named Matan Kahana. Full Story, Video

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yukel
December 16, 2021 11:59 pm

He is playing with fire, literally

Lag Bomer in meron need to have changes
December 17, 2021 12:34 am

The Boyaner Rebbe
Should take responsibility by giving up his traditional lighting of the fire.
People lost there life. and all your thinking about is if The Boyaner Rebbe will be lighting the fire?
If they don’t have very big changes nobody will shows up

Why should he give up anything?
Reply to  Lag Bomer in meron need to have changes
December 17, 2021 6:33 am

There is no suggestion whatsoever that his lighting poses any danger to anyone! So why on earth should he give it up? How would that be “responsible”? And this upstart government has no right to take it away from him. That would be stealing, and would cause Hashem’s anger and invite another disaster, chas vesholom. The government does not own the world. The holy hadloka predates the State of Israel, and will continue long after the State is gone. Remember that Chabad is anti-zionist. The State should not have been established in the first place, and has no right to… Read more »

of course changes, but not this
Reply to  Lag Bomer in meron need to have changes
December 20, 2021 6:33 am

your wrong. The tragedy happened at the toldos aaron lighting which was much later in the night. Also, the previous year at the height of corona, they limited attedence (didn’t let the public into meron, only about 50 officials) but the Boyaner Rebbe still lit, as is tradition! This minister trying to take everything away in the name of “safety” is nothing but a power trip.

To the new sheriff in town:
December 17, 2021 12:44 am

The brazen spokesperson:

“Whoever thought what was is what will be, probably did not get to know Kahana in the last six months”

To which I reply:

Whoever thought they can change the way lag baomer is celebrated, probably did not get to know rabbi Shimon, who has been known for over 2,000 years.

This Kahana guy doesn’t realize he’s playing with fire. I’m actually pretty interested in seeing what will happen to him…

2,000 Years?
Reply to  To the new sheriff in town:
December 19, 2021 12:35 pm

The custom of lighting a fire is less than 200 years old.

Chabad bunfire
December 17, 2021 2:35 am

If I remember correctly that zechut of lighting the first bonfire was purchased from chabad who had owned it previously

Chevron fire
Reply to  Chabad bunfire
December 17, 2021 11:29 am

You are confusing with the bonfire in Chevron which the Rebbe Rashab purchased

People really care more about a fire than lives?
December 17, 2021 4:00 am

WHO CARES who lights the bonfire.

45 people died. Everyone knew for years that it was a huge safety hazard.

But we have to keep doing what’s always been done because that’s the way things are done?

Don’t you think LIVES are more important than who lights the bonfire?

Women of the wall
December 17, 2021 5:44 am

Maybe one of the women of the wall call light the fire?

I've generally been pretty happy with Kahane
December 17, 2021 6:37 am

Most of his reforms that are eliciting such howls of protest are actually sensible and are restoring things to how they should always have been. But he simply has no right to take away the Boyaner Rebbe’s right to the hadloka. It is private property and the State of Israel has no right to take it. If he goes ahead the Rebbe should sue him in a beis din, and if he refuses to acknowledge that the halacha is superior to the laws of the state then he should be put in cherem.

45 People Died
December 17, 2021 7:31 am

What is your suggestion to prevent that from happening

Not sure
December 17, 2021 7:37 am

Not sure how legally Kahana can do this? The “Zechus” of lighting the torch was PURCHESED (and inherited by the Boyaner Rebbe) .

Kahana can be sued in court

Purchased from who?
Reply to  Not sure
December 19, 2021 12:34 pm

If the area is public property, there’s no “zechus.”

B”h
December 17, 2021 8:26 am

This is why I’m glad I live in the goldene Medina where the government doesn’t (or at least it’s very hard to) infringe on us. It’s a shame what is happening to eretz yisrael.

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