Work is moving ahead at a brisk pace in Meron in preparation of Lag B’Omer. The director of the nation’s Holy Sites Authority, Yosef Schwinger is coordinating between various agencies.

Seeking to learn from the mistakes of previous years, VIP passes will be extremely limited, and the VIP route at present has only been made available to five admorim,

Police have ordered permitting the Boiyaner Rebbe Shlita, who leads the main lighting ceremony. In addition, also authorized at present are the Toldos Aaron Rebbe Shlita, Toldos Avraham Yitzchak Shlita, Karliner Rebbe Shlita and HaGaon HaRav Berliner Shlita.

(Yechiel Spira – YWN Israel)