Mount Meron: A personal account
May 14, 2021
(JNS) As ecstatic songs rang through the hills, I tried to enter the stadium around the grave of the Mishnaic sage and spiritual luminary, Shimon bar Yochai. It was packed rock-solid with people. “That’s OK, let’s listen outside,” I sighed to my staff.
Earlier, as our bus of gap-year students climbed toward Mount Meron, I was constantly receiving Shabbat meal request messages. For 39 years, this has been my life; I quickly arranged as many connections as I could, while yearning to return to the festive atmosphere in the bus. Who knew that many of those meals would be canceled,.
Mount Meron: A personal account
Mount Meron: A personal account
Isn’t it obvious that each of us needs to honor others no matter who they are, and that this is the only constant?
(May 5, 2021 / JNS) As ecstatic songs rang through the hills, I tried to enter the stadium around the grave of the Mishnaic sage and spiritual luminary, Shimon bar Yochai. It was packed rock solid with people. “That’s OK, let’s listen outside,” I sighed to my staff.
Earlier, as our bus of Young Judea students climbed towards Mount Meron, I was constantly receiving Shabbat meal request messages. For 39 years, this has been my life; I quickly arranged as many connections as I could, while yearning to return to the festive atmosphere in the bus. Who knew that many of those meals would be cancelled including one requested from Yeshivat Shaalvim?