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Journey to Meron 2026: The Iconic Entrance to the Rashbi

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Rabbi Daniel Glatstein

A journey to Meron and a visit to the iconic entrance to the Rashbi.

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Okay, Rabbosai, it's a great zechus to be here in Meron at the kever of the Rashbi. The sefarim say Rashbi stands for yushpa shefar av b'chol ha'olamois. That through the Rashbi, great shefa flows in all of the worlds. This is the iconic arch, of course. Here the Kaddish when Shemaya Nachis, a holy one descended from heaven. Mifnei Yisaro, so if I take voice, Yoi Mifnei Yisaro, so if I take voice, Yoi Chai, the many such car brings down in the Aggadah Perekah. Bereishis stands for Ohr Torahs Reb Shimon bar Yochai. Reb Wolfson brings down that there's a Zohar that says "Shalosh pa'amim mashia Yirako Zochacha es panei." Es panei is the Rabbis, the Rashbi. That the same way there's a mitzvah to be mevaker, to visit Har Meron, there's a there's an inyan to visit Meron, to visit Reb Shimon bar Yochai. We have many accounts of great tzaddikim

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  1. 0:01Okay, Rabbosai, it's a great zechus to be here in Meron at the kever of the…
  2. 0:32Mifnei Yisaro, so if I take voice, Yoi Chai, the many such car brings down in…
  3. 1:04We have many accounts of great tzaddikim who came to daven at the kever of the…
  4. 1:35Bartinura says that he saw miracles here at Meron. We have an account of when the…
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