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NEWS
Roads Forbidden to Cohanim
by Y. Ariel
In light of the heavy traffic to Meron on Lag B'Omer and to
the Ramchal's grave in Tiberius on the 26th of Iyar, the
Association for the Prevention of Grave Desecration is
warning the public to avoid certain roads in the city
forbidden to Cohanim due to tumas meis from graves
hidden below.
The roads forbidden to Cohanim are the sloped segment of
Rechov Alchadif from the corner of Rechov Yehuda HaLevi and
below at the corner of Rechov HaYarden; Rechov HaBanim (the
route taken when arriving from the direction of the Jordan
River Valley) after the turn to Rechov HaGalil as far as
Derech Gedud Barak (Hwy. 40 toward Tzfas and Meron); and side
streets including Tzipori, Abualafia, HaTanaim, R' Yochanan
Ben Zakai, Eilat, Kikar HaAtzmaut, the post office building --
and of course the entire area of the Rambam's grave.
In all of these places there is no distinction between
driving in private vehicles, riding in buses or walking on
foot. The Association for the Prevention of Grave Desecration
says there is no way for Cohanim to travel to Meron via the
Jordan River Valley except by bypassing the problematic
areas, and therefore details on the exact locations of the
graves should be clarified in advance. There is a way to
bypass the graves on foot.
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