This year, there is no doubt that the largest and most powerful lighting ceremony in the world did not take place at the Meron site, but rather in Kiryat Yoel in distant Monroe. Due to the strict restrictions and limited lighting ceremonies on Mount Meron, the lighting ceremony of the Satmar Rebbe became the most central and largest event in the world in honor of the divine Tanna, Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai.
The vast lighting ceremony area was fill…
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This year, there is no doubt that the largest and most powerful lighting ceremony in the world did not take place at the Meron site, but rather in Kiryat Yoel in distant Monroe. Due to the strict restrictions and limited lighting ceremonies on Mount Meron, the lighting ceremony of the Satmar Rebbe became the most central and largest event in the world in honor of the divine Tanna, Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai.
The vast lighting ceremony area was fill…