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Lag B'Omer will be celebrated without bonfires: "Disappointing, but at least without air pollution"
Lighting bonfires was forbidden all over the country except for the revelry of the traditional Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai and special complexes that were trained to light fires by the local authorities.
The celebrations in Meron: Thousands of policemen were deployed in the area, two celebrants who disturbed them were arrested.
A 30-year-old man was seriously injured in the construction work
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Lag B'Omer
Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai
Eli Ashkenazi and Keinan Cohen
Thursday, 29 April 2021, 09:10 Updated: 11:59
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Lighting the Lag B'Omer bonfire at the Rashbi tomb on Mount Meron, last year (Photo: Flash 90, David Cohen)
Many Israelis will mark Lag B'Omer tonight (Thursday), under a sweeping ban on lighting bonfires due to extreme weather conditions. Due to the expected stormy weather across the country, and fears of fires spreading, Fire and Rescue Commissioner Dedi Simchi issued an order banning lighting fires until First,
the sweeping order regarding complexes that were trained for the purpose of lighting fires and lighting fires in open areas by local authorities, and received approval from the National Fire and Rescue Authority; and the traditional celebration of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai (Rashbi) on Mount Meron, in which hundreds of thousands of people participate To last into the night.
After lighting fires was banned last year as well - due to the congestion restrictions in the face of the outbreak of the corona virus - there are those who are disappointed that the custom will not be renewed this year either.
"It's disappointing that this year there are no bonfires, especially after such a year that we met very little because of the Corona, and people almost completely forgot what it is like to be together. Such days of holiday and tradition unite society," says Orian Calderon, a sixth grader at Ramat Gan.
However, she stressed that bloating also has a positive side.
"On the other hand, it is good because the fires cause large air pollution, and we have only one world to live in. Instead of the fire it is possible to create a social gathering and thus preserve the tradition and the world."
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About 5,000 police officers were deployed throughout the compound.
Mount Meron, last year (Photo: Flash 90, David Cohen)
Hundreds of thousands of visitors come to Meron every year, but last year there were only a few dozen due to the restrictions.
According to the decision of the Ministry of Health and in order to prevent the spread of the corona, the number of people in the lighting complex in Meron will be limited to ten thousand people, while the rest of the mountain will be open to the public, with huge screens scattered to allow the audience to watch live lighting.
Senior Ministry of Health officials aspired that only those with a green badge would come to the celebration, but eventually children would also be able to enter it, and the number of bonfires inside the tomb complex and visitors would be limited.
The ministry ruled that entry to the lighting area is restricted to those with a green sign, but clarified that this will not be checked.
However, police have recommended that older people, pregnant women, children and the sick avoid attending the revelry.
According to the outline of the Ministry of Health, 20 people will be allowed to enter the tombstone structure at the same time.
It was also stated in the outline that the police would have to take care of this.
It is not clear how this directive will be fulfilled: during the revelry hundreds of people enter the building, and inside and around the tomb mark there is a large crowd.
The commander of the Northern District, Superintendent Shimon Lavi, appealed to the public that "everyone who comes to the grave site is asked to enter and leave immediately and not to delay the place, in order to allow the other believers who are waiting to enter the place."
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Already yesterday they began to reach the mountain of celebrants, in a significant amount in relation to the number of people who in previous years came in the days leading up to the main event, this is probably because the holiday goes out close to Friday and the beginning of Shabbat. As a result, police said it was a "special" year, as "the whole incident is spread over just one night, while in previous years it has been spread over two days." As a result of the tight schedule, the lighting will start tonight at 20:30, and not at midnight as usually happens. According to the custom of the Rebbe of Bayan, he was the first to light the fire on the roof of the tomb.
About 5,000 policemen and fighters were deployed from this morning at 7:00 until Friday, near the beginning of Shabbat, on all traffic routes that reach Meron in security circles and throughout the compound.
After two celebrants disrupted police work at the revelry women’s compound, they were arrested and deported.
"The Israel Police is making great efforts to make the incident as orderly as possible, with the safety and security of those celebrating in Meron and returning to their homes in peace," the police said.
In addition to the police, emergency and rescue bodies from the Ministry of Homeland Security - MDA Fire and Rescue and other bodies, including Ezer Mitzion, the Rescue Union, the Nature and Parks Authority, and the Home Front Command, are preparing for the celebration.
The revelry in Meron.
(Photo: Official Website, Kobi Richter / TPS)
"Finally we are also seen - the bus drivers"
More than 1,500 bus drivers will drive masses of celebrants to the mountain and back to their areas of residence, with the organization of bus drivers from the Histadrut also being deployed in the area, to make sure the shuttles pass safely. The organization said it had set up rest areas for drivers, and that it had purchased in honor of the drivers "over 8,000 cups of coffee, 3,000 pastry cakes, 200 kg of watermelons and fruit, as well as barbecue stands that will include over 500 kg of meats".
Yoni Crispin, a driver at Afikim and a member of the Bus Drivers' Association, has been involved in transportation to Meron for over 20 years, and shared how every year various associations and charities were scattered in the Meron complex that would distribute drinks and food to passengers, but "no one stopped and asked why not. "To also give a drink to the drivers who bring them and travel around the clock from 16:00 to 4:00 in the morning, rest for a few hours and return to drive the celebrants."
Lag B'Omer bonfires in Bnei Brak, last year (Photo: Reuven Castro)
"We would bring sandwiches from home and for the last five years we have been provided with Manola stations that include food, drink, massage parlors and a variety of treats. The drivers, "he welcomed the new initiative.
Israel Ganon, chairman of the Bus Drivers' Association, said that the organization "operates a huge logistics system for the drivers to thank them, and make sure that they receive the most appropriate rest and respect.
We are happy to be the ones who stand hand in hand with the drivers and accompany them at any time, place and time.
The drivers' community is extremely important and deserves all the respect it deserves. "
In the construction work: a young man fell from a roof
During construction work, a 30-year-old man was seriously injured during the night after falling from the roof of a building on the site.
He was taken to Ziv Hospital in Safed, where his condition was defined as unstable.
Dr. Roi Babila, a doctor at MDA, said that as soon as the incident was reported, a wounded man was found, "who fell from the roof of the building, and lay in the yard, vaguely conscious and suffering from upper body injuries."
He said that as part of MDA's large deployment of medical security in Meron, the teams "are widely deployed with motorcycles, ambulances and intensive care vehicles on the mountain.
" We provided him with primary medical care in the yard, put him in an intensive care unit and evacuated him to Ziv Hospital in Safed. Stable, "the doctor added.
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