Additionally, 2,500 attendees arrived via Israel Railways ... the first bonfire at the annual Lag B’Omer celebration in Meron. This privilege was originally purchased by Rabbi Avrohom Yaakov ...

The investigative journalist Yuval Abraham says he has two types of sources these days: whistleblowers from within the ...

The drills follow the 2021 Meron disaster, Israel’s deadliest civilian tragedy, in which 45 people were killed. Under MDA’s coordination, dozens of EMS groups from across the country will ...

Police plan to limit attendance on Mount Meron to 63,000 people at any given moment for the coming Lag B’Omer holiday, says a spokesman for the event to The Times of Israel. Over 100,000 mostly ...

The Boyaner Rebbe Rabbi Nachum Dov Brayer lights the main bonfire on Mt. Meron on Lag B’Omer, May 18, 2022. Israel is holding a mass casualty drill in advance of the upcoming Lag B’Omer ...

Authorities are gearing up for the Lag B’Omer holiday celebration at Mount Meron starting Thursday evening, when masses of Haredi pilgrims will throng the Galilee holy site in a move expected to ...

The Lag B'Omer celebration in Meron will begin Thursday evening, approximately an hour after sunset, with the traditional lighting of the bonfire atop the tomb of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai by the ...

The Israel Dog Unit (IDU) carried out four successful search-and-rescue missions this week, three of which took place in the Meron region. The area of northern Israel between Hazor Haglilit ...

Lag B’Omer revelry returned in full swing to Mount Meron Thursday as tens of thousands of celebrants packed the mountain tomb of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai to the brim come nightfall, singing and ...

According to the announcement, due to concerns about violating the Sabbath, all buses to central and southern Israel will cease service from Meron on Friday at 1:00 PM - significantly earlier than ...

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Haredi revelers dance at the tomb of Shimon Bar Yochai atop Mount Meron to mark the Lag B’Omer holiday on May 15, 2025. (Charlie Summers/Times of Israel) It's not (only) about you.