Vizhnitz Rebbe Visits Meron Amid Numerous Hasidic Wedding Celebrations This Shabbat

This Shabbat, multiple Hasidic dynasties are celebrating joyous wedding events across various locations, including Williamsburg, Bnei Brak, Modiin Illit, and Borough Park. Among the notable celebrations is the Aufruf (pre-wedding celebration) of the Satmar Rebbe's grandson in Williamsburg, the Lelov-Modzitz wedding in Beit Shemesh, and the Pinsk-Karlin celebration in Modiin Illit, where the Pinsk-Karlin Rebbe will also be present. Other significant weddings include those of the Chernobyl-Tzanz, Garlice, Kasan-Daesh-Kamad, Skvira, Salon, Machnovka-Belz, Ashlag-Bastan, and Ziditshov families, with events held in locations such as Boro Park, Jerusalem, London, Baltimore, and Netanya.

The Vizhnitz Rebbe from Monsey is visiting Israel and will spend Shabbat at the holy site of Meron with hundreds of followers and yeshiva students, holding prayers and festive gatherings in a large tent. After Shabbat, he will visit the tomb of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai in Meron, accompanied by the Karlin-Stolin Rebbe. Other rebbes, including those from Salan, Kasov, Ziditshov, and others, will spend Shabbat in cities like Tiberias, Haifa, Bnei Brak, and Modiin Illit.

In addition to weddings, several yahrzeits (memorial anniversaries) are observed this Shabbat, including the half-century yahrzeit of the Strikov Rebbe and the anniversaries of prominent rabbis such as Rabbi Yitzchak Shlomo Zilberstein and Rabbi Eliezer Ginsburg. Prayers continue for the recovery of leading Torah scholars.

The article also extends congratulations to various public figures and community leaders on recent family milestones such as weddings and bar mitzvahs. Shabbat times for candle lighting and Havdalah are provided for major cities in Israel and worldwide, with a call to begin Shabbat early to merit blessings and healing for the sick and wounded in the ongoing war.