Rav Mattya Grave Restoration Video

[Music] there was a rabbi that lived in the second or third Century this Rabbi that I'm talking about is none other than Rabbi MAA Ben harash what he's famous for is his exceptional carefulness in sh in watching his eyes and the story is told that the Satan tried to test him and the beautiful lady appeared in front of him and he turned his head and then she came to the other side and he couldn't escape and he gouged his eyes out with hot iron Combs Hashem eventually guarantees him your eyesight will come back and you'll never be tempted again you've passed the test he's buried in Northern Israel and the books bring down that anybody that has a struggled with their eyes whether it's eyesight or whether it's macular so they say go to the rabbi's Grave who Ted this Mida and you pray and there'll be God willing you know salvations some of the good people in our community came together and they said let's locate this rabbi's grave it's a great item so they find it and it's all dilapidated and it's really not accessible as it should be and they said you know what let's raise some money and let's rebuild the rabbi's grave the first time I visited the site was about 5 years ago it was really all inspiring such a holy Tanana with such a history and a background at the time I was having some eye pain Rabbi Mano gave a class he mentioned the MA's the Kev itself is on a hill so when you're up there it's a panoramic view there other people praying with a lot of kavana it's such an all inspiring site with so much more potential to be beautified and expanded the space itself was cramped there isn't much usable area except for the steps themselves and maybe a small area by the Kev itself there's so much that can be done with the site with right attention to the right places it could be even more inspiring than it is today and accommodate more groups to visit simultaneously So the plan is to expand and to beautify the holy site the total project course is around $500,000 most of that course is going towards leveling out the unusable slope areas with concrete and towards building retaining wols we're adding seeding throughout the site we're adding shade structures we're upgrading the area is to light candles we're widening the steps to enter and travel through the site making them much safer especially for larger groups of visitors we're aing beautiful arched iron gates within and around the perimeter of the site and it's all nicely color-coordinated when it all comes together it's going to be spectacular it should really enhance people's prayers and concentration it was not at all a simple process to get to the point where it is today ready for construction it took 2 years just to get the proper permits and then find the right people to handle such a special unique holy project ra Yuda Azad helped a lot dealing with the Holy sight's Authority he was instrumental in getting us to where we are now ready for construction we start to work with the government we have a lot of problems and after 2 years now we get permission to fix this holy place and I'm start to work on it and I hear so many miracles that people get on this place also Rabbi Raymond sultan advis me a lot he has a good amount of experience doing things of this nature dealing with is very delicate in the olden times it wasn't just one grave usually that's buried in one area there's many people want to be as close as they can such a great person so when you deal with the ground and the vicinity of a grave has to be done very very very carefully it's a big the people that can give a lot should give a lot donations above $10,000 would be acknowledged on site with permanent plaques nonetheless anything you're able to contribute is more than welcome and I look forward to the completion of this project and may the Z of the great sadik be an advocate for all of us amen