Meron
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The Galilean town of Meron welcomes massive crowds to the tomb of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai, the father of Jewish mysticism.
The massive bonfire in Meron is meant to symbolize the Bar Kochba rebellion against the Romans and the light of the secrets of the Torah revealed in the Zohar.
An estimated 250,000 men, women and children are expected to travel to gravesite of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai in the small northern village in the Upper Galilee over a two- to three-day period starting on Wednesday.
