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Wednesday, May 6, 2015
From the Liveblog of
Wednesday, May 6, 2015
Hundreds of thousands expected in Meron
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleAs night falls, bonfires across the country are lit to mark the death of a second-century rabbi for the Jewish holiday of Lag B’Omer.
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to converge on the village of Meron on the slops of a Galilee mountain, where the tomb of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai is located. The first bonfire at Meron was set to be lit at 8:15 p.m., and celebrations are expected to continue through the night.
Police closed off roads leading to Meron and to the tomb Wednesday morning ahead of the holiday, which began at sundown and lasts until Thursday evening.
The area will be reachable only by public transportation after that time, police say.
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