Coronavirus strikes again: Israel bans traditional bonfires for Lag b’Omer Traditional bonfires and other events that are held yearly at the tomb of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai on Mount Meron will be canceled this year. By Marcy Oster May 7, 2020 3:56 pm
Extreme heat wave throughout Israel casts pall on Lag b’Omer bonfires Temperatures are are forecast to climb as high as 110 to 115 throughout the country after hovering in the upper 90s. May 22, 2019 2:34 pm
Tens of thousands of pilgrims mark Lag b’Omer in Meron Mount Meron is the burial place of grave of Jewish Kabbalist and mystic Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai, a popular pilgrimage site for the holiday. May 14, 2017 8:45 am
