Lag Ba omer: What s Toldot Aharon, hassidic sect whose members were killed?
It is perhaps the most insular, well-organized and cohesive of the groups that make up Israel’s haredi community.
JERUSALEM POST STAFF
APRIL 30, 2021
Many of the dead and injured at the Lag Ba omer stampede on Mount Meron Thursday night were from the insular Toldot Aharon Hassidic sect, which is based in Jerusalem. The stampede took place during the lighting of the bonfire by the current Rebbe (spiritual leader).
It is perhaps the most insular, well-organized and cohesive of the groups that make up Israel’s haredi (ultra-Orthodox) community; any type of intervention in its domestic affairs is tantamount to a total usurping of the community s belief system.