Approximately 800 Chareidim Jews, many from the Breslov and Shuvu Banim communities, gathered overnight Thursday to daven at the kever of Rav Ashi, the revered Amora who compiled the Gemara, located along the Israel-Lebanon border.
This group, facilitated and escorted by the IDF, marked a significant shift from previous risky attempts to reach the site. The visit coincided with the 7th of Adar, which is the yahrtzeit and birth date of Moshe Rabbeinu, a meaningful day for tefillah at the Kevarim of tzaddikim.
The kever, situated within the IDF’s Tziporen outpost on the U.N.-delineated Blue Line, has long been a focal point of yearning for Chareidi Jews despite its dangerous proximity to Hezbollah-controlled territory. This time, the IDF ensured safe access, escorting hundreds of mispallelim under tight security.
According to the Times of Israel, the IDF had initially planned for 250 participants, but the turnout swelled to nearly 800, reflecting the overwhelming desire to connect with this makom kadosh.
This legal and protected visit contrasts with past incidents reported by YWN, where groups of Chareidim crossed into Lebanon illegally to reach Rav Ashi’s kever.
On October 31, 2019, YWN detailed how a group reached the site under perilous conditions, noting its significance to both Jews and Shiite Muslims, who claim the tomb is of a Shi’ite Muslim, Sheikh Abbad, a founder of the Shi’ite movement in Lebanon who lived about 500 years ago.
Just last month, YWN reported thay 20 young men from Shuvu Banim infiltrated Lebanese territory to daven at the kever, with several detained.
Just days later, on February 23, YWN again reported another attempt by 30 Shuvu Banim members, resulting in four arrests after confrontations with security forces.
The visit on Friday morning allowed hundreds to daven shacharis at the kever without crossing into Lebanese territory illegally.
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Waiting to hear from our anti-zionist brothers how this was all subterfuge to shmad the chareidim to avoda zara. How can there be any benefit from the “zionist avoda zara army?” The chareidim might have even spoken to these people who “consider themselves Jews”. B”H most yidden are balanced and haven’t made hatred for the state into its own religion.
did they make a siyum hashas?
Lakewood blt:
No point in waiting to hear from our Zionist bothers how they could deny the open Zionist shmad of the chareidim to avoda zara and kefirah.
Unfortunately, many Jews are so bamboozled by the massive and non-stop Zionist propaganda that they don’t realize how many of their “hashkafos” are totally anti-Torah as a result.
B”H, some Jews are balanced and recognize the Zionist idol for what it is, and fulfill in their hearts Hashem’s desire “Halo misanecha Hashem esna” rather than be fooled by the endless Zionist propaganda against G-d, His Torah and people.
To answer your implied question, though, given that the Zionists have invaded and taken control of the area – with the resultant cataclysmic detriment to Jews the world over – it seems obvious that this group had to deal with the Zionists to make this trip happen.
The Chazon Ish likened dealing with the Zionists to R”L L”A dealing with captors. Everyone knows that a Hamas terrorist doing a favor to a Jew while holding that Jew captive does not at all make up for the far greater evil he’s doing to the Jew in holding him captive. Same concept here.
This is classic minipulation by the tzionim.
If you notice this kever of rav ashi has blue paint and a plauque on it the kever was redone around 40 years ago by the organazation kadmonienu and admas kodesh along with all mikomos hakedoshim on eretz yisroel this kever HAS NEVER BEEN IN LEBANON for years this kever was accesible to everyone like all other mikomos hakedoshim in the north the idf built an army base next to it and thats the only reason why they make problems to go because its on an army base and they denie entry witch they have no right to do. ITS NOT IN LEBANON hals is on an ISRAELI ARMY BASE IN ISRAELI TERRITORY the other half is in the buffer zone which btw is also israeli territory) kadmonienu only taskes care of mikomos hakedoshim that are in ereatz yisroel the tziyonim just want control of all the mikomos hakedoshim to stop us from davening and now every time we want to go youre gonna need to make a whole official entry with the idf
around 2 years ago i was there by the kever of rav ashi and at that time the idf had begum to build a wall around the kever so no charedim would be able to daven there. so we told kadnmonienu and admas kodesh what had happened and they were in middle of having mettings with the idf to work it out that they should stop this harisus kever rav ashi and they were going to make an aggremant but than unfortunatly the war broke out so everything got stalled. AND NOW THE IDF IS USING IT TO THERE ADVANTAGE AND BLOCKING ENTRY AND CLAIMING ITS IN LEBANON. HUGE CHUTZPAH!!!! GGEEVVALLTTT!!!! HARISUS KEVER RAV ASHI!!!! GGGGGEEEEVVVVAAAALLLLTTT!!!!!!
Lakewoodblt:
Had you been around during the time of the eigel, you probably would have argued against Moshe Rabbeinu punishing the eigel worshipers. After all, you need to be “balanced” and not hate false ideologies and their manifestations.
Based on this article “The kever, situated within the IDF’s Tziporen outpost” and Google Maps, it looks like the Kever is within the border of the State of Israel. As such, are you sure that people really crossed into Lebanon to visit the kever?
The latest madness from the Shuvu Banim cult!
There isn’t a shred of evidence that Rav Ashi is buried there (or anywhere else in Israel for that matter) and every indication is that he was buried in Sura, in Bablyon (modern-day Iraq), where he was the head of Yeshivahs Sura.
-Bava Basra 157b describes Rav Ashi’s death indirectly through his interactions with Rav Kahana, but it does not specify where he died or was buried. The context strongly implies his life and work were centered in Babylonia, with no hint of travel to or burial in the Land of Israel (which would include modern Lebanon).
-This historical letter by Rav Sherira Gaon, a 10th-century head of the Pumbedita Academy, is one of the most authoritative sources on the chronology and lives of the Talmudic sages. It explicitly places Rav Ashi’s life and death in Babylonia. Sherira writes that Rav Ashi died in 427 CE (or 423 CE in some reckonings) and was a leader at Sura. He states: “ורב אשי זקן בסורא ומית שם” (“And Rav Ashi grew old in Sura and died there”). No mention is made of his body being transported elsewhere or of any connection to the Land of Israel.
-Lebanon, as part of the broader Land of Israel in antiquity, was not a significant center of Jewish scholarly activity during Rav Ashi’s time. The major Jewish academies were in Babylonia (Sura, Pumbedita) and the Galilee (Tiberias), but there’s no record of Rav Ashi traveling to or having ties with the region that is now southern Lebanon or the Upper Galilee near the border.
I wonder how many of those putting their lives and those of the soldiers in danger ever learned a daf gemara in their lives.
Stop saying ‘YWN reported’ and get to the point.
Gemora describes a number of cases where Rabonim were buried temporarily in Bavel and then transported to EY. So, it is possible. Or it is a kever of a local sheikh .. Anyway, R Ashi is available in your local gemora.