Why Is Lag BaOmer Celebrated? Lag BaOmer is celebrated for two different reasons. One is the end of a deadly plague that is believed to have killed a whopping 24,000 students of Rabbi Akiva Ben Yosef.

Prayers were recited around the bonfire for our brave soldiers and the immediate return of our hostages, led by Dayan. Thanks to the leadership of Rabbi Avrohom Holtzberg and the dedication of the ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Ultra-Orthodox Jews dance around a bonfire during ...

Live at 8:30 PM ET: Watch live as the annual Crown Heights Lag BaOmer Unity Bonfire is lit accompanied by joyous dancing. Live Bonfires are a well-known and enjoyed Lag B’Omer tradition. The fire ...

Lag BaOmer is celebrated worldwide with weddings, barbecues, bonfires and outdoor fun – all showing thanks for the great light of Torah we received on Lag BaOmer, both through Rabbi Shimon Bar ...

Lag BaOmer bonfires celebrate spiritual light. This year, Israelis used the occasion to mock 45 Palestinian men, women and children killed in an attack on a Gaza camp Fire rages following an ...

and former IDF spokesman Ronen Manelis discuss Lag BaOmer and the holiday custom of making bonfires. Speaking on the Kan Reshet Bet radio station, Cohen related how, as a child, she’d hated the ...

Lag BaOmer celebrations commemorate the end of a plague said to have decimated Jews in Roman times. People of the Jewish community in Jerusalem can be seen celebrating the festival with a bonfire.

Lag BaOmer is often celebrated with bonfires, street festivals and parades. Many celebrants spend time outdoors taking in the beauty of nature. Marking the end of a mourning period, many Jewish ...

In the 20th century, even before the founding of Israel, the Lag BaOmer pilgrimage to Meron grew into a mass event. Pilgrims light bonfires symbolizing the light of Torah revealed by Shimon ...