Lag baomer

At the Hilula of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai in Manhattan: Rabbi Pinto Inspires the Masses

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 IN ITS QUIET way, the humble carob teaches us that meaningful traditions need not be elaborate.

Hiking the holy land in the season of Lag Ba'omer

 Hot dog and veggie skewers.

In the kitchen with Henny: BBQ bites

 Rabbi Akiva's tomb in Tiberias.

Who counts in Judaism? Lessons from Lag Ba'omer - opinion


Tonight: Thousands will participate in Rabbi Pinto’s traditional bonfire lighting


Two years after disaster, Israel Police prepare for Meron pilgrimage

Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims are expected to come to the town of Meron, but several measures have been put in place to avoid overcrowding and overloading of infrastructure.

People visit Meron, in northern Israel, before of the Jewish holiday of Lag Ba'Omer on May 7, 2023

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.