Photo by Sharon Leibel/TPS-IL on 15 May, 2025

Lag Baomer 2025 – The Faithful Crowd the Grave of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai

Holidays By TPS   •   15 May, 2025

Jerusalem, 15 May, 2025 (TPS-IL) -- People gather at the grave of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai – Rashbi – in Meron in northern Israel on the eve of the Lag Baomer holiday. Lag Baomer is also the anniversary of this Talmudic sage’s death.

Meron, May 15, 2025

Photo by Sharon Leibel/TPS-IL