Meron or Meiron (Hebrew: מֵירוֹן; Arabic: ميرون, romanized: Mayrūn) is a moshav in northern Israel. Located on the slopes of Mount Meron in the Upper Galilee near Safed, it falls under the …

Meron is most well-known for being the burial site of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai. Rabbi Shimon, who lived in the 2nd century CE, was the first to publicly teach the mystical dimension of the …

May 15, 2025 · Watch live as hundreds of thousands of Jews from all walks of life celebrate Lag B'Omer together in Meron at the Kever of Rabi Shimon Bar Yochai, with crowds once again …

Meron, town originally founded as a noncollective agricultural settlement (moshava) and name of a nearby mountain, Upper Galilee, northern Israel. It is the site of the tomb of Rabbi Shimon …

Mar 6, 2024 · Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel Police commanders, and local officials were personally responsible for the 2021 Mount Meron crowd crush that claimed the lives of …

May 14, 2025 · Yes, Meron—the most visited Jewish site in the world, drawing over a million people each year—has only one mikvah. And for years, it stood in disrepair, barely usable. …

Meron may be identified with the rabbinic town of that name which is associated with Rabbi *Simeon bar Yo?ai (Tosef. Dem. 4.13) and his son Eleazar, who are believed to be buried there.

May 12, 2025 · The Israeli government last week presented the framework for the annual Meron pilgrimage set to take place in the Upper Galilee on the night of May 17.

Meron is not a largely urbanized region, but it never lacks for visitors. As part of an ancient custom, Jews from all walks of life come throughout the year to the gravesite of Rebbe Shimon …

Mount Meron has a Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification: Csa) with hot and dry summers and cool, wet and occasionally snowy winters. It snows briefly on Mount Meron a …