Journey To Tzfas Summer 2026: The Kever of Rav Pinchas Ben Yair

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The opening of this shiur, in Rabbi Daniel Glatstein’s own words — taken from the captions, so names and Hebrew terms may be approximate.

We're here on the bottom of the mountain of Tzfat. We said there are estimates of Kevo Flame Kiyor Mitzrayim Kvoram in the bottom the mountain in Tzfat at the Kever attributed to Reb Pinchas ben Yair. On the Tziyon, there's no Matzeiva. There's no official Matzeiva here. And it's brought in Shivchei HaAri that the Ari wanted to build a Matzeiva. And he was told in a dream he cannot build it. It needs to be this way to be Mekayem the Pasuk Al Gabbi Charshu Charshim. The student there are the Or HaChaim HaKadosh brings many times they wanted to build a Kippah over this area. Anyone who tried to Lo Hishlim Shnasav. There was a Arab here who this Kever was in his field and he didn't want anybody to come pray here. He said it's going to ruin his crop. And Min HaShamayim HaShem was Gozer that his field should not produce any Peiros. The only question though is which Reb Pinchas ben Yair is this? In the Sefer Yichus Tzaddikim he brings that the Kever of Pinchas ben Yair is in Bar'am. We were there earlier today. In the Sefer Matzeivos Eretz Yisrael he brings there's a a pile of stones there right by Reb Pinchas ben Yair. But in the Sefer Emek HaMelech, one of the authors of Emek HaMelech we actually were at his Makom Kevurah. He's buried in Queen Mary University in London. Okay? How this Mekubal, a Talmid of the Ari, ended up there, that's a story for another time. He brings that the Ari z"l was Megaleh that Reb Pinchas ben Yair, nobody knew this, is buried right here.

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1. 0:00We're here on the bottom of the mountain of Tzfat. We said there are estimates of…
2. 0:31HaKadosh brings many times they wanted to build a Kippah over this area. Anyone who tried…
3. 1:01Kever of Pinchas ben Yair is in Bar'am. We were there earlier today. In the Sefer…
4. 1:31Uh and the Avos de Rebbe Nasan says at the end of the Beis HaChaim in…
5. 2:02Ginzberg, Nachar Ginai, it's a grand Chaim Dovid Zayin, and he was on his way to…
6. 2:32Hashem." And Pinchas ben Yair said, "If you don't split, I'm going to dry you up…
7. 3:02Or HaChaim HaKadosh says that Pinchas ben Yair was a ben Torah, meaning it was after…

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