Palestine was incorporated into the Ottoman Empire in 1517 , and by 1596 , Meron was a large village of 715 located in the '' nahiya '' ( " subdistrict " ) of Jira , part of '' Sanjak Safad '' . The village paid taxes on goats , beehives , and a press that processed either grapes or olives . All the villagers were Muslim . Meron suffered relatively minor damage in the Galilee earthquake of 1837 . It was reported that during the earthquake the walls of the tombs of Rabbi Eleazer and Rabbi She-Maun were dislodged , but did not collapse
Galilee earthquake of 1837
Galilee earthquake of 1837
Meron, Israel