Geva Newsreel 153, 1958

Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai Celebration on Lag BaOmer

1 Minute, 1958
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Directed by: Unknown
Subtitles: English, Hebrew

After limitations on maximal number of participants in Lag BaOmer celebrations on Mount Meron are removed, thousands of Jewish believers ascend to Shimon bar Yochais Tomb, and camp in tents next to the holy site. The following day, childrens hair is cut in an Upsherin ceremony, and believers dance with wine bottles and Torah scrolls and light bonfires. The annual ceremony of transporting the Torah scroll from Safed to the tomb of Shimon Bar Yochai is held on the streets of Safed as every year.

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