Updated May 10, 2021
Days after the Meron Tragedy, many people have questions and are searching for religious responses to the seemingly unreal events that unfolded on Lag B’Omer. The following are a collection of thoughtful and insightful resources devoted to exploring religious responses to this tragic episode in Jewish history. We wish a speedy return to normalcy for all the families that were impacted. We will update this page as more articles and words of chizuk become available. Tehay zichram baruch.
VIDEOS
The Tragedy in Meron by HaGaon Rabbi Yaakov Hillel
דברי חיזוק לאחר האסון הנורא בלג בעומר במירון by HaGaon Rabbi Dovid Yosef (Hebrew)
Divrei Chizuk on the Tragedy in Meron, by Rav Asher Weiss Shlit”a
Meron Tragedy Sicha by Rabbi Nota Schiller
After the Tragedy of Meron 1 – Obligation of Penimius by Rabbi Reuven Leuchter
After the Tragedy of Meron 2 – Hisbonanus by Rabbi Reuven Leuchter
Meron Tragedy by Rabbi Reuven Leuchter
Meron Tragedy: Don’t Trample Others by Rabbi Yitzchak Breitowitz
Chizuk on the Meron Tragedy (Hebrew with English Translation) by Rabbi Gamliel Rabinowitz
Tragedy in Meron by Eitiel Goldwicht
Tragedy on Lag BaOmer – Why Meron is Important to Judaism and Why So Many People Were There – by Judaism Unpacked
Simchas Lag B’Omer Amidst the Meron Tragedy by Rabbi Eytan Feiner
United in Pain: Coping with the Unspeakable Heartbreak in Meron by Rabbi Eytan Feiner
Chai Lifeline Chizuk on the Meron Tragedy by Rabbi Moshe Tuvia Lieff
Divrei Chizuk on the Meron Tragedy by Rabbi Yitzchok Sorotzkin
Where Was G-d in Meron? The Grief, the Silence, and the Unity by Rabbi YY Jacobson
Our Reaction to Tragedy (Given to Boys Who Saw It) by Rabbi Avi Wiesenfeld
MP3’s
Response to the Meiron Tragedy – Torah View of Tragedy – Part 1 by Rabbi Avishai David
Response to the Meiron Tragedy – Torah View of Tragedy – Part 2 by Rabbi Avishai David
The Meron Tragedy by Rabbi Kalman Rosenbaum
3 Thoughts on the Tragedy in Meron by Rabbi Yehoshua Grunstein with source sheets
Meiron Tragedy: Humbly Accepting the Judgement of Hakadosh Baruch Hu by Rabbi Shay Schachter
ESSAYS
Meron: United in Grief by Rabbi Yitzchak Berkovits
The Lag B’Omer Tragedy by Rabbi Avraham Edelstein
Understanding the Meron Tragedy: An In-Depth Class by Rabbi Aryeh Nivin
Letter of Chizuk Following the Meron Tragedy by HaGaon Rabbi Chaim Peretz Berman
Letter of Chizuk After the Meron Tragedy by HaRav Tzvi Sharlin
Unfathomable On Every Level by Rabbi Jonathan Rosenblum
Reacting to Trauma by Tzachi Rosman, Psy.D.
All I Know is that I Don’t Know by Rabbi Dr. Naphtali Hoff
Meron: The Tragedy of Them – No, Us by Sara Yoheved Rigler
Our Collective Tragedy by Emuna Braverman
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