Preparations for many mispallalim expected to visit Har HaZeisim today, Thursday, Yom Kippur Koton have been completed as the minhag is not to visit kevarim during Nissan, as many who have yahrzeit arriving today, as tomorrow is erev Shabbos.

Rabbi Hillel Horowitz, Director-General of the Council of Jerusalem Cemeteries is ready, as is the new Egged 84 line which runs directly to the cemetery. The new line leaves from the Ammunition Hill light rail depot on Sunday through Thursday, running between 8:30AM and 7:00PM, every 45 minutes.

Officials add that Baruch Hashem, the security situation on Har HaZeisim has improved significantly over the years due to herculean efforts and of course the new security reality that exists in the area, including a police station, cameras and much more.

A three-meter-high fence has been constructed the length of the northern and eastern slopes of the mountain. The council began the project of lighting the with daylight lighting throughout the area and completed Stage 1 on the northern and eastern slopes, and is now in Stage 2 of the western and southern regions.

B’chasdei Hashem, due to the success in efforts to restore security, 200,000 mispallalim have visited this year.

(YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)