Thousands are heading to the kever of Arizal in thebais hakevaros in Tzefas to daven there on hisyahrtzeit, today, 5 Av. Police had been deployed to help the masses access the kever, and additional public transportation has been made available for Yiddenwishing to travel to Tzefas. Admorim and rabbonimfrom around the country are expected to join those gathering at the tziyun.
The Arizal, Rav Yitzchak Luria, was undisputedly the greatest expounder ofKabbalah since Rav Shimon bar Yochai, author of the Zohar.
Rav Yitzchak Luria ben Shlomo Ashkenazi, whose father was related to the famous Maharshal, was born in the Old City of Yerushalayim in 5294 (1534) and passed away on the 5th of Av 5332 (1572 CE).
