A beautiful article by Achia Rabada, Eli Mandelbaum, Yitzhak Tesler and Kobi Nachshoni appeared on the Ynet website last night - about the Rashbi's celebration in Meron, under the title 'Meron: Nearly a quarter of a million at the world's largest celebration'"
The subtitle reads: "Hundreds of thousands flock to the world's largest celebration, near the grave of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai in Meron: Over 5,000 police officers deployed, plus rescue forces and many volunteers providing air-conditioned prayer tents, hundreds of thousands of liters of drinks, and tens of thousands of cakes. Watch in joy.".
The article was accompanied by photos and clips from the great joy in Meron.
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However, in the responses to the article, a murky wave of hatred began: hundreds of ugly and violent responses against the ultra-Orthodox public.
Here is a small collection of the responses:
• Throw everyone there into one big bonfire and be glad we got fired.
• So to hell with the Air Force when it's really needed?
• Tens of thousands of free-eating parasites!!
• Can we fence them off and leave them there forever?
• Tens of thousands of idolaters are burned
• To dance and jump, but not to serve in the army or contribute to the country. Filth
• Repulsive! There must be a smell of sweat, idleness, and decay throughout the area! What a disgusting population! I won't buy anything from them and I won't employ them in life!
• 15.5 million shekels from the state treasury, taxpayers! I don't think any of the Hasidim there are worried about paying taxes... Insolence!!! Everyone should bring a bottle of drink and a sandwich from home.
• This is what the government is promoting And finances. Civic ignorance, economic ignorance and general ignorance in general. Ignorant people don't think but they can vote. And that's why the country looks like this. Those who succeeded fled, and those who stayed were swept away with the herd. This is how a country is killed. This is how the vision went.
A source on the site said in response to a request from Haredim 10: "Seriously? Do you think this was approved on purpose?""
The website's spokesperson received a letter from Haredim 10, a link to the article and the talkbacks, and said: "I will pass it on to them for filtering.".
