Lag b'Omer unity shattered by battle for grave of Kabbalah rabbi bar Yohai
Written by Danl on 2:27 PM
From Haaretz
In Israel's answer to the Woodstock Festival, nearly half a million people will gather on a Galilee mountaintop on May 22, where they will pitch tents and engage in 24 hours of feasting, singing and ecstatic dancing.
They will be taking part in the annual celebrations held on the yahrzeit of second-century sage Rabbi Shimon bar Yohai at his burial place on Mount Meron, near the northern Israeli city of Safed. The yahrzeit coincides with the minor festival of Lag b'Omer.
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