Every year on Lag BaOmer, some 200,000 people attend the 'Yom Hillula' at the tomb of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai in Meron, Israel. The highlight of the event is the traditional bonfire lit after nightfal
Dancing outside the tomb, 2016
Dances in the entrance of the tomb of Rabbi Shimon, 1953. Beno Rothenberg, Meitar Collection, National Library of Israel
Nachum Dov Brayer lighting a bonfire during the 2021 celebration
A rabbi performs the traditional first haircut on a three-year-old boy in Meron on Lag Baomer 1970.
Sadigura (Hasidic dynasty)
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Sadigura is a Hasidic dynasty named for the city of Sadhora, Bukovina, which was part of the Austrian Empire. The dynasty began in 1850 with Rabbi Avrohom Yaakov Friedman, a son of Rabbi Yisrael Fried
The fifth rebbe, Avrohom Yaakov Friedman, hosting followers in 2010
Palatial home of the Sadigura Rebbe in Sadhora.
The Tiferet Yisrael Synagogue in Jerusalem, named after Rabbi Yisrael Friedman of Ruzhyn and used by all branches of the Ruzhiner dynasty.
The Sadigura synagogue in Sadhora.