Lag baomer

A responsible choice: Why canceling Lag Ba’omer at Mount Meron was the right call - editorial

The fires of Lag Ba’omer will burn again on the slopes of Meron. What matters is that when they do, they come back to a country that chose, at the right moment, to be careful.

View of the gravesite of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai on Mount Meron, northern Israel, May 1, 2024.
 18th-century prayerbook of Luria’s teachings to go on display at ANU.

18th-century prayer book of Luria’s teachings to go on display at ANU ahead of Lag Ba’omer

 Rabbi Elimelech Biderman with his followers celebrate the jewish holiday of Lag Ba'Omer, in Meron. May 9, 2023

Lag Ba’omer reminds us to choose respect over division among Jews - opinion

Lag Ba’omer

Ahead of Lag Ba’omer: The danger of bonfires – this is how you treat injuries


Lag Ba'Omer bonfires and financial wedding bliss

What does loving your neighbor have to do with investing and personal finance?

 Grand Rabbi of Boyan (Hasidic dynasty) lights the bonfire, during Lag Baomer celebrations, in Meron, on May 18, 2022.

Lag Ba’omer: Israeli food for the Jewish holiday

Why didn’t those who created all the different symbolic foods for other holidays create something with barley or flour for this one? Here are some recipes for Lag Ba'omer.

 SHISH KEBAB, kebab, shashlik: Skewer your meat.

Idolatry: The Jewish version

MIDDLE ISRAEL: Regardless of its safety hazards, the Mount Meron jamboree is a pagan perversion of Judaism.

 DAVID KAHN, grand rabbi of the Toldos Aharon hassidic dynasty, lights a bonfire during Lag Ba’omer celebrations on Mount Meron in May 2019.

Jerusalem highlights May 5-11

What's new to do in Israel's capital?

 NETTA BARZILAI’S 2018 Eurovision victory is an Israeli cultural landmark.

Not only in Meron: Thousands will participate in Rabbi Pinto’s bonfire in Ashdod


Lighting Lag Ba'omer fires in open areas to be banned throughout Israel

The Health and Environmental Protection ministries joined the call to avoid lighting fires this Lag Ba'omer and gave out guidelines for a safe holiday.

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish boys dance around a bonfire as they celebrate the Jewish holiday of Lag Ba'Omer in the city of Ashdod, Israel May 13, 2017

Stunning: the ketters of the entire book of deuteronomy engraved on the Torah scroll case


Israeli sex offender rabbi should be banned from Lag Ba'omer event - NGO

Berland was convicted of sexual assault in 2016 of multiple women and other offenses including fraud, embezzlement, attempted threats, tax offenses and money laundering in 2021.

 Rabbi Eliezer Berland covered with a prayer shawl arrives for a court hearing arrives for a police investigation at a police station in Jerusalem, November 2, 2021.

A Zionist Omer: Significant days in Israeli history

A proposal for a Zionist counting of the Omer, a purposeful reflection on the significance of just a few of the anniversaries, commemorations, and celebrations in the weeks ahead.

 A CELEBRATION of Yom Yerushalayim.

Almost 2 years after tragedy, Meron celebrations regulated under new law

In line with recommendations of the Meron Committee, one central bonfire will be light at the tomb, with additional bonfires for religious study.

 FUNERAL FOR brothers Yosef David Elhadar and Moshe Mordechai Elhadar (opposite, far right), killed in the Meron tragedy; flames of remembrance for 45 victims; both May 2, 2021.