Right next to our home on the Mount of Olives is the kever (resting place) of the tzadik (righteous) Or HaChaim HaKadosh (Chaim ben Moses ibn Attar). His yarhzeit is Tamuz 15 and Yishai went to the kever of the great rabbi for this holy event attended by a large number of Jews of all kinds.
For 2 great stories about the Or HaChaim HaKadosh click “more”
One from Chabad:
http://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/112384/jewish/Rabbi-Chaim-ibn-Attar.htm
One from Rav Pinto’s website:
http://www.hevratpinto.org/tzadikim_eng/037_rabbi_chaim_ben_attar.html
