Tents can be seen dotting the hills around the hilltop of Meron, which faces the mystical city of Tzfat (Safed), in Israel's Galilee region. Nestled in a ridge behind the tomb of Rabbi Shimon bar ...

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.

Hundreds of thousands of people are on their way to the Galilee town of Meron, where the “Divine Tannaitic Sage” Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai is buried, for Lag BaOmer commemorations. The minor holiday of ...

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The decision to cancel Lag BaOmar bonfires this year due to the coronavirus could serve as an opportunity to find more original and less health-damaging and environmentally harmful ways to celebrate ...

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 Jewish holiday Lag BaOmer falls in May 2025, and it's one of the most festive days in the Hebrew calendar. If you see a lot of Jewish celebrants at bonfires and street fairs—or hosting big ...