Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai
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===The Great Collapse=== | ===The Great Collapse=== | ||
− | For years people from all over the country would travel to Meron for the Hillula on Lag b'Omer. In the early 1900's various secular Russian immigrants began settling in the villages surrounding Meron. They too began coming to the Hillula despite their lack of Torah | + | For years people from all over the country would travel to Meron for the Hillula on Lag b'Omer. In the early 1900's various secular Russian immigrants began settling in the villages surrounding Meron. They too began coming to the Hillula despite their lack of Torah observant. in 1911 a group of these single boys and girls arrived together. Right after the lighting of the fire the girls began to publicly sing Zionistic songs. At that moment a large wind came and was noticed by all, suddenly the upper balcony and wall collapsed throwing all the people and stones at the people who filled the courtyard. Ten people were killed and many people were injured. Leading Rabbis quickly pin pointed the reason on the lack of modesty that was occurring at the Hillula and decided to issue a temporary ban on women from visiting Meron on Lag Baomer. Despite the decision, no one had the audacity to publicly declare the ban, until the was done by [[Rabbi Yisroel Karduner]]. |
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