Rabbi Mordechai Halperin, chairman of the Meron settlement committee, threatened this morning (Thursday) - ahead of the preparation meeting of the police district, government ministries and all parties related to the management of Lag BaOmer events near Zion Rashbi: "We will not allow any kind of desecration of Shabbat in the Meron area and the roads leading to the settlement, on the Sabbath eve of Lag BaOmer.".
Rabbi Halperin announced that unlike previous years in which the Sabbath was trampled upon, with mass desecrations of the Sabbath in the afternoon hours of the evening Sabbaths of Lag BaOmer, "this year the entrance gates to Meron will be closed and locked, until the stars of Motzei Shabbat rise.".
According to him, "Neither the Israel Police nor the 'National Center for Holy Places' nor all other entities will desecrate the Sabbath, as was the case in the past.".
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The committee chairman also sends a strong hint towards the Bayan Hasidim, which holds the central lighting ceremony that opens the Meron events on Lag BaOmer: "We will not allow the use of facilities and areas by any body, including Hasidim who will not ensure absolute observance of Shabbat around their preparations for the lighting ceremonies, and this includes the arrival of hundreds and thousands of police officers and ushers, both Jewish and non-Jewish, to the various complexes within Meron - in the midst of Shabbat, while operating walkie-talkies and publicly trampling on Shabbat in full view of all.".
Halperin added: "This year, the tens of thousands who will be spending Shabbat in Meron will not allow this situation to continue, and we will not approve any plan or use until Shabbat observance is guaranteed. Meron will not be Tel Aviv!""
In response to a question from Haredim10, how the National Center for Holy Places desecrated Shabbat, Halperin says: "The security companies hired by them brought Jewish and non-Jewish ushers into Meron, and even into the Rashbi Zion, in the midst of Shabbat, while operating walkie-talkies.".
They arrived in organized transportation to the gates of the settlement at 4:00 PM on Saturday afternoon. What is this if not public desecration of the Sabbath with the funds of the National Center for Holy Places?""
The National Center for Holy Places did not respond to a request for comment.
