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Forty thousand Israelis, led by Sephardic Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Nissan and Rabbi M. Goren, Chief Chaplain of the Israel Army, made a pilgrimage to the grave of Rabbi Bar Yochai author of the “Zohar,” at ...

Israel has canceled this year’s Lag B’Omer pilgrimage to Mount Meron in the Upper Galilee, according to a statement the Israel Police issued on Sunday. “In accordance with [IDF] Home Front Command ...

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Fringe incitement: Militant Haredi factions distributed posters urging attendees to arm themselves against police, exploiting past clashes over crowd control at Meron. Sacred tradition: The hillula at ...

More than 250 weddings took place in Israel yesterday during the traditional Lag Ba’Omer celebrations which began at Miron, near Safed, at the Rabbi Shimon Bar Yohai tomb. Israeli Army units paraded ...

Thousands of children will gather at Maple St. Park in Crown Heights to celebrate Lag B’omer, a spectacle of joy, energy, and ...