Editing Rav Ashi (section)

==Tomb of Rav Ashi==
[[File:Rav Ashi.jpg|thumb|150px|Entrance to the tomb of Rabbi Ashi on Mount Shanan in the Galil mountains on the common Lebanon-Israel border]]

Some ultra-Orthodox Jews from the [[Breslov|Breslov Hasidic]] sect belief, Rav Ashi is buried at a site, which sits on the Lebanese Mount Shanan on the border with Israel overlooking [[Kibbutz]] [[Manara, Israel|Manara]]. 

Local Lebanese people dispute this, they belief that a 16th century [[Shia]] [[Muslims|Muslim]] cleric named Sheikh Abbad is buried there. Sheikh Abbad is considered a founder of the Shi'ite movement in Lebanon. 

In May 2000, when Israel withdrew from South [[Lebanon]], after the [[Israeli occupation of Southern Lebanon|Israeli occupation of Southern Lebanon]] (19852–2000) the main obstacle holding up the deployment of [[United Nations]] peacekeepers ([[UNIFIL]]) along the border was the allocation of this disputed site. It was among the last to be settled between the State of Israel and Lebanon. One option was to erect a barricade around the tomb to prevent Muslims and Jews from visiting the site. Subsequent to the [[Blue Line (Lebanon)|Blue Line]] drawn by the [[United Nations]], the border fence cuts through the middle of the disputed tomb.<ref>[https://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-38808,00.html קבר הרב יחולק: חציו בישראל, חציו בלבנון], [[Ynet]], 26 July 2000</ref>

In February 2025, during the fragile [[2024 Israel–Lebanon ceasefire agreement|Israel–Lebanon ceasefire]] after [[Israeli invasion of Lebanon (2024–present)|Israeli invasion of Lebanon]], it became public that a group of Haredi Israelis entered Lebanese territory to reach the believed tomb, undertook work on the grave and fenced it off. They tried to turn it into a place for prayer and worship. It was not specified when they entered nor the amount of time they spent inside Lebanon.<ref>[https://www.alquds.com/en/posts/151970 20 Haredim infiltrated into Lebanon], [[Al-Quds (newspaper)|Al-Quds]] 16 February 2025</ref><ref>[https://www.newarab.com/news/dozens-haredi-jews-infiltrate-lebanon-pray-tomb Dozens of ultra-Orthodox Jews infiltrate into Lebanon to pray at tomb], [[The New Arab]], 16 February 2025</ref><ref>[https://www.jfeed.com/news-israel/srx6hf Not again: Breslav Haredim cross Lebanese border - and throw stones at IDF; four arrested], jfeed.com, 19 February 2025</ref>