Tag: Bar Yochai
2 Hours before Meron Tragedy, Holy Places Administrator Warned About Police Incompetence
Mt. Meron is extra-territorial, it is an autonomy over which the state has no control.
The Tragedy on Mt. Meron, Lag B’Omer 1911
"The zealots of Tsfat hung the blame for the great disaster on the mixing of men and women in Meron and imposed a ban on women's visits to Mt. Meron on Lag B'Omer.
Israel Bans Lag B’Omer Bonfires Outside Strictly Designated Areas
Bonfires will be permitted on Lag B'Omer in areas that have been prepared for this purpose by the local municipalities with the approval of the National Fire and Rescue Authority.
Pittsburgher Rebbe In L.A.
With bows and arrows, and around a bonfire, parents and children joined the Pittsburgher Rebbe on Lag B’Omer in joyously singing “Bar Yochai,” “V’amartem” and “Amar Rabbi Akiva.” Rabbis, teachers and members of the Los Angeles Jewish community – with their spouses – joined the celebration.