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Kevarim and nesios across Europe and Asia — a section of White Glove Kosher Travel.

Beis hachaim · Israel

ציון הרשב״י

Kever Rashbi (Tomb of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai)

Meron · מירון

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Visitor experience

Practical notes from visitors — access, directions, and the condition of the site.

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Who is buried here

Known kevarim

הלל הזקן

Hillel HaZaken

Hillel the Elder

The cave held by tradition to be Hillel's, with his talmidim. It is on the mountain above the Rashbi, not in the same complex.

שמאי

Shammai

Held by tradition to be near Hillel and the Rashbi on Har Meron.

Practical information nearby

Kosher food, lodging, minyanim & more

Gathered from public sources — please confirm details before you rely on them.

כשרות עסןKosher food

Lag BaOmer hospitality (Tzidkat Rashbi / Hachnasas Orchim)

Over Lag BaOmer, large equipped pavilions serve free hot food and drinks to pilgrims around the clock.

אכסניאWhere to stay

Meron zimmerim (guest cabins)

Zimmer complexes reported within about a five-minute walk of Rashbi's gravesite.

Nearby Tzfat lodging

Many pilgrims base in Tzfat's Old City (kosher guesthouses/tzimmerim) and travel the short distance to Meron.

Kosher food nearby

What's kosher around here

White Glove kosher listings near this beis hachaim. Confirm current supervision directly before you go.

Kosher near this kever

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Verification and source

No public access contact has been verified for this cemetery yet.

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