Thousands of mispallalim visited Kever Shimon HaTzaddik during night as today, 29 Tishrei is the yahrzeit. HaGaon HaRav Yaakov Yosef Shlita arrived, accompanied by Jerusalem’s police chief, with the rav lighting a candle and being mispallel amid many many visitors.
A hachnasas orchim was set up near the kever too, located in the eastern area of Yerushalayim known as the Shimon HaTzaddik neighborhood.
Baruch Hashem, despite much opposition, the few brave families that have made this area their home continue the battle for the resettlement of areas of the Jewish capital, with more and more dati leumi couple seeking to move in towards creating facts on the ground by the growing Jewish presence.
Tragically, governments of Israel, including the current administration, continues to view this area as “East Jerusalem”, giving credibility to claims by the Arab world that there is some imaginary dividing line between either side of the Jewish capital that chas v’sholom would legitimize claims by any nation other than Am Yisrael that they have rights to the area.
(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)
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“1000s Were Mispallel At Kever Shimon HaTzaddik On The Yahrzeit” If it were really 1000 than it wouldn’t need to be plural. 🙂 It should write “thousands were Mispallel At Kever Shimon Hatzaddik on the Yartzeit”!
With the loud music and crowding it was hard to daven, but the powerful simcha was just as good.