Meron (Israel)

Meron ( Hebrew: מֵירוֹן ) is a settlement in the Galilee in northern Israel near Safed.

Today's settlement was founded in 1949 after the end of the war of Palestine from Hungary and Czechoslovakia originating Israeli soldiers at the site of the depopulated by war historical Meron. It is known for its vineyards in over 600m.

In Meron is the tomb of Shimon ben Yohai, which is a destination for Jewish pilgrims since the Middle Ages. Every year several thousand pilgrims gathered at the time of the Lag baomer and celebrate in the Meron Hilula de Rabbi Yohai ( Feast of Rabbi Yochai ).

The eponymous mountain Meron in the Upper Galilee, north-west of Safed, is the highest elevation ( 1208 m) in Israel and the wettest point of Israel.

Swell

  • Martin Beck: Israel, Palestine. Baedeker 2008, ISBN 3-8297-1166-2, S.380
  • Susanne Galley: The Jewish year: festivals, commemorative, and holidays. C.H.Beck 2003, ISBN 3-406-49442-0, p.151
  • Meron on planeware.com
  • Meron in the Encyclopædia Britannica
  • North District (Israel )
  • Place in Israel
  • Jewish pilgrimage
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