With Lag B’Omer closing in, the Jerusalem Municipality has announced regulations for the day.
In order to prepare for the bonfires, the Jerusalem Municipality is preparing areas for the construction of the bonfires where signs will be erected to allow the construction of a campfire.
The project of preparing the area of bonfires was expanded to all parts of the city, in light of the success of the pilot conducted by the municipality in previous years in the southern neighborhoods of the city. The areas will be adapted to people with disabilities and special needs as well, who will be able to take part in the festivities without any risk.
Jerusalem Municipality officials explain they work hard to prevent damage to the public space, and to protect the environment and remove the fires from residential buildings.
The Municipality reminds the celebrant public that the location of the bonfire must be determined in a clean area of thorns and weeds, within reasonable distance from buildings and installations. The fire should be set up with stones, and combustible material should be removed from the bonfire, fire should be avoided near electric installations or electricity lines, or high piles of trees should be set and burned under the extremely poor electrical grid. This is a life-threatening situation, causing damage to facilities and disrupting the supply of electricity.
At the end of the celebrations, the fire must be completely shut down by pouring sand or water. In every case of an exceptional event, the municipality asks the public to call the fire department.
The fire department, including rescue services, will be on call and the guards will be reinforced with additional manpower. Before lighting the bonfires, there will be persons out for early patrols with the police representative, the municipal supervision and the gardening department in all the neighborhoods and places where bonfires will be lit. Firefighters will give instructions to the celebrants for the purpose of security and the prevention of dangers to the persons and property.
Below is a list of places that the municipality has set up to light bonfires
Northern capital
· Pisgat Ze’ev – Mazel Gadi Street – open lot opposite building 9
· Marzel Aryeh Street – open lost opposite building 5
· Cheil Avir Street – open areas along the street
· Sayeret Duchifat Blvd. – Kukar parking by Chizme shopping center
· Gal Street – open lots along the street
· YosefTal Street – open lot near bus parking lot
· Eli Taven Street – open area
· Eliyahu Meridor Street – opposite 69-73 in open area
· Yuri Stern Street – open lots along the street
· 24 Yitzchak Tunik Street – in open lots along the street
· Shmuel Tamir Street – open area by number 51-53
N’vei Yaakov
· Moshe Sneh Street – parking lot near the shul
· Reuven Gamzon Street – open area behind the police station and the last stop of the number 25 bus
· Baruch Tzurkerman Street – empty lot near building 4 (the old 512)
· Zivan Street – behind building 18
· Abir Yaakov Street – empty lot near building 11
· Eliach Street – empty lot behind the Lechem Bikurim School
· Ravitz Street – next to number 46
· Shidkar Street – near number 8-12
Alonim
· Ramat Alon
· Recanati Street, corner of Zarki
· Bnei Akiva branch on Ayelet HaNoar Street at the end of Kadima Street (corner of Morganthau)
· Kadima Street corner of Prupas)
· Shechtman Street near archeological site
· Harry Truman Street near the old scouts building
Maale Ramot – Derech Ramot
· Near the torani schools
· Mirsky Street under the Egged lot
· Shenberger Street at the entrance to the street and end of street
· Zaritzky Street near the end
· Ohr Shraga – entrance of street
· Golda Meir Blvd. at the corner of AT”Z
Ramat Shlomo
· Chazon Ish near Egged parking
· Uzi Kalcheim Street near Ohr
Romeima
· 19 Ezras Torah Street – behind the buildings
· Doresh Tov Street – at the end of the block
· Sorotzkin Street – opposite building 51
· Menachem Meishiv Street – in front and behind the playground
· Rosh Pina Street – by the parking lot
· Petach Tikvah Street – by number 29
Southern city – Gilo
· Tzaviya and Yitzchak Streets – Givat Chazani in the open areas
· Margalit Street – by Park Kabalim
(YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)
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I doubt if the kids who do many of the ad hock medurahs will adhere to the city’s request. As always, the kids build these large bonfires by themselves and have a great time.
In some cases there is damage to the street ….