News guidelines were announced on Sunday night that only up to 1,500 people would be permitted to gather in the communities in the vicinity of Mount Meron: Safsofa, Or HaGanuz, Bar Yochai, and Meron.

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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. There is no easy way to ...

Religious protesters were seen in video recordings cutting the fences around Mount Meron on Sunday, saying they plan to defy police orders to avoid the area amid safety concerns. "We will cut all the ...

Masses of ultra-Orthodox worshipers crowded onto Mount Meron on Monday night to celebrate the Jewish holiday of Lag B’Omer in a show of defiance after authorities attempted to limit the annual ...

In the late fifteenth century, R. Obadiah of Bartenura described Jews ascending to Meron on Lag BaOmer, gathering at the tomb of R. Shimon bar Yochai with bonfires, charity, and prayers for healing ...

Police were gearing up for potential clashes with ultra-Orthodox pilgrims expected to try to ascend Mount Meron on Monday, after authorities drastically scaled back annual Lag B’Omer festivities at ...

MINSK, 3 May (BelTA) - Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko sent condolences to Israel President Reuven Rivlin over numerous victims as a result of a stampede at Mount Meron, BelTA learned from the ...