Halachic position: Is there a virtue to traveling to Meron on Lag B'Omer?

Just before the approaching celebration of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai, Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu, rabbi of the city of Safed, was asked, is there a spiritual virtue to going to Meron on Lag B'Omer or is it all a lighting in honor of the Rashbi?

His full answer is inside

Aryeh Zamir, submitted on behalf of Shuva Israel

16/05/2022

Monday, 16 May 2022, 09:33 Updated: 09:53

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The annual celebration in honor of Lag B'Omer on Mount Meron (Photo: Walla! NEWS, Meir Vaknin)

Against the background of the approaching celebration of Rabbi Shimon Bar-Yohai, Rabbi of the city of Safed, Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu, was asked: Is there a spiritual virtue to traveling to Meron on Lag B'Omer, or is it like any lighting in honor of the Rashbi?

And so he replied:

The Zohar says that redemption begins in the mind of man.

If his mind is a slave failure, even if he left Egypt he would return there to continue his work.

And if his soul is free - in the end he will be released.

In the Zohar it is narrated that Elijah the prophet appeared to the group of scholars with Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai and told them that engaging in the teachings and teachings of Rabbi Shimon - brings the redemption of Israel in mercy.

And how does it work?

Studying the Rashbi Torah changes the mind of man from a free man. Therefore, in this generation many people want to adhere to his Torah, the Torah of Redemption.

That is why in these generations so many people cling to him and his teachings.

And among other things ascend to his mark on the day of his revelry.

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