midnightabbi1eligoldsmith.wordpress.com www.youtube.com I don't remember if it was Tony Bennett or Frank Sinatra (maybe both?) that sang, "I left my heart in San Francisco". I can safely say that I left mine in Meron. Meron on Lag B'Omer defies description. This year, I won't be able to be in Meron for Lag B'Omer, because I'll be on a plane to Singapore; my first task is to spread emuna around the globe. But, if you can imagine a Woodstock of complete holiness, with the spirit of one of our people's greatest tzaddikim of all time - Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai - walking around in your midst, where the tears of elation mix with the tears of a broken heart, dancing on air in perfect unity with people you might not speak to all year long, while on-the-house food and drink flow out of trees and stones, that's Meron - a little place of heaven on earth. Here's a small taste from a few years ago (takes a few seconds to load). from Lazer Brody
