Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The annual Lag BaOmer pilgrimage to Mount Meron in Israel attracts as many as half a million visitors every year. Because of COVID ...

Why Is Lag BaOmer Celebrated? Lag BaOmer is celebrated for two different reasons. One is the end of a deadly plague that is believed to have killed a whopping 24,000 students of Rabbi Akiva Ben Yosef.

“Fire is never neutral. It warms, it cooks, it illuminates—or it destroys. The same flame can kindle Torah or consume our unity.” —Inspired by Rabbi Jonathan Sacks As the sun sets over Israel, ...

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish children prepare a giant bonfire before lighting it in the Mea Shearim neighborhood of Jerusalem on May 25, 2016 during the celebration of Lag BaOmer . The Lag BaOmer bonfire is ...

A few weeks (years, now) back DovBear discussed why we mourn during the sefira period (and why the currently espoused reasons may not be historically accurate). He then mentioned that the entire idea ...

Lag BaOmer is approaching, and many Israelis commemorate this holiday by having a big bonfire in their backyard. Unfortunately, the benign intentions of those fires may have malignant consequences ...

(The Conversation) — A scholar of Jewish history explains why the annual Lag BaOmer pilgrimage to Mount Meron in Israel has such power and meaning. (The Conversation) — The annual Lag BaOmer ...

Lag BaOmer, which falls on Sunday, is a festive day on the Jewish calendar, though it's one of the lesser-known holidays. This is actually the time of year for several important, interconnected ...

Two days after Mount Meron in northern Israel became a closed military zone, the police made it clear on Thursday that if needed, officers will forcefully remove individuals who unlawfully enter the ...

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