Mount Meron is the burial place of grave of Jewish Kabbalist and mystic Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai, a popular pilgrimage site for the holiday.

Among the events said to have taken place on Lag b’Omer is the revelation of the Zohar, a book revealing the secrets of Kabbalah, by Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai, a disciple of Rabbi Akiva who is buried on Mount Meron.