During Bar Kochba’s revolt against the Romans, a terrible epidemic struck Rabbi Akiva’s students, and 24,000 men lost their ...

Lag Ba’omer teaches respect, resilience, and unity, urging Israel to embrace humility and shared memory amid division.

Revelers openly defy firefighters trying to extinguish unlawful bonfires as festivities bounce back after wartime closure; sex offender rabbi Berland lights formal bonfire ...

Tens of thousands of joyful revelers gathered on Mount Meron Thursday night for the traditional Lag B’Omer celebration at the tomb of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai. The festive event was in full swing, ...

During Lag B’Omer festivities on Mount Meron, Haredi revelers shout at firefighters trying to extinguish an illegal bonfire at the site.“Get out of here!” shouts a young man as a group crowds around ...

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Throughout all of his writings, Rabbi Avraham Yitzhak HaKohen Kook stresses the necessity of learning the secrets of Torah at the time of Israel’s Redemption: “The revelation of the secrets of Torah ...

Police said set to allow 63,000 celebrants at a time for Thursday's event at the site, where 45 died in 2021 crowd crush ...

This ability, to see the good even in something that appears faulty, is what God demanded of Moses before he could redeem ...

A Haredi man was indicted for damaging security infrastructure on Israel’s Mount Meron ahead of the Lag B’Omer festivities.The post Measures taken to prevent another disaster at Meron pilgrimage appea ...

The deadliest fire in Israel’s history struck Mount Carmel in 2010. Forty-four lives were lost—prison guards, firefighters, ...

MOUNT SHASTA, Calif. - Wildland firefighters wrapped up the prescribed fire phase of the McBride Vegetation Project near Mount Shasta last Thursday. According to the Shasta-Trinity National Forest, ...