Learn about the “fiery and passionate merriment” of the Jewish festival of Lag BaOmer in Meron as described by Rabbi Hayyim Vital in the 16th century, Haym Zvi Sneersohn in the 19th century and today in the 21st century State of Israel. Not much has changed. Plus, the biography of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai, the Kabbalist who hid from the Romans and inspired generations of Torah scholars. Also, the history of modern Meron, which was liberated in the War of Independence after being used to shoot rockets into Tzfat.
Notes:
* Jewish holiday of Lag Ba'omer brings music, smiles and bonfires - Jerusalem Post
* Lag B'Omer In Meron - 1935 - video
* Lag B'Omer in Meron - Join the biggest Jewish party on Earth - video
* Later Biblical Researches in Palestine, and in the Adjacent Regions by Edward Robinson
* The Jerusalem Rabbi Who Met President Ulysses S. Grant
* Palestine and Roumania, a description of the Holy Land by Chaim Tzvi Schneerson
* Medley for the pilgrimage to the tomb of Rabbi Yohanan ha-sandlar by Moshe “Mousa” Berlin
