Jerusalem on Fire for Lag Ba'Omer Celebrations

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Lag Ba'Omer celebrations among the ultra-orthodox Jewish community around the Mea-Shearim neighborhood in the night between Saturday 21st and Sunday 22nd of May 2011. Jerusalem, Israel.

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Lag Ba'Omer celebrations among the ultra-orthodox Jewish community around the Mea-Shearim neighborhood in the night between Saturday 21st and Sunday 22nd of May 2011. Jerusalem, Israel.

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Lag Ba'Omer celebrations among the ultra-orthodox Jewish community around the Mea-Shearim neighborhood in the night between Saturday 21st and Sunday 22nd of May 2011. Jerusalem, Israel.

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Lag Ba'Omer celebrations among the ultra-orthodox Jewish community around the Mea-Shearim neighborhood in the night between Saturday 21st and Sunday 22nd of May 2011. Jerusalem, Israel.

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Lag Ba'Omer celebrations among the ultra-orthodox Jewish community around the Mea-Shearim neighborhood in the night between Saturday 21st and Sunday 22nd of May 2011. Jerusalem, Israel.

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Lag Ba'Omer celebrations among the ultra-orthodox Jewish community around the Mea-Shearim neighborhood in the night between Saturday 21st and Sunday 22nd of May 2011. Jerusalem, Israel.

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Lag Ba'Omer celebrations among the ultra-orthodox Jewish community around the Mea-Shearim neighborhood in the night between Saturday 21st and Sunday 22nd of May 2011. Jerusalem, Israel.

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Lag Ba'Omer celebrations among the ultra-orthodox Jewish community around the Mea-Shearim neighborhood in the night between Saturday 21st and Sunday 22nd of May 2011. Jerusalem, Israel.

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Lag Ba'Omer celebrations among the ultra-orthodox Jewish community around the Mea-Shearim neighborhood in the night between Saturday 21st and Sunday 22nd of May 2011. Jerusalem, Israel.

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Lag Ba'Omer celebrations among the ultra-orthodox Jewish community around the Mea-Shearim neighborhood in the night between Saturday 21st and Sunday 22nd of May 2011. Jerusalem, Israel.

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Lag Ba'Omer celebrations among the ultra-orthodox Jewish community around the Mea-Shearim neighborhood in the night between Saturday 21st and Sunday 22nd of May 2011. Jerusalem, Israel.

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Lag Ba'Omer celebrations among the ultra-orthodox Jewish community around the Mea-Shearim neighborhood in the night between Saturday 21st and Sunday 22nd of May 2011. Jerusalem, Israel.

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Lag Ba'Omer celebrations among the ultra-orthodox Jewish community around the Mea-Shearim neighborhood in the night between Saturday 21st and Sunday 22nd of May 2011. Jerusalem, Israel.

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Lag Ba'Omer celebrations among the ultra-orthodox Jewish community around the Mea-Shearim neighborhood in the night between Saturday 21st and Sunday 22nd of May 2011. Jerusalem, Israel. 22nd May 2011

The ultra-orthodox jewish community celebrates Lag Ba'Omer by lighting bonfires around the neighborhood while dancing and singing to commemorate the 33rd day of the counting of the Omer and the passing of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai.