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Police and emergency agencies are finalizing preparations in Meron for Lag B’Omer as hundreds of thousands of visitors expected to arrive at the tziyun of the Rashbi. In fact, people are already arriving early in the week and some spent Shabbos.

Police strongly urge anyone and everyone arriving for Lag B’Omer to use public transportation and not private vehicles. Persons preferring private rides will be compelled to use park and ride zones and will not be permitted past the zone that has been designated exclusively for public vehicles, security vehicles and persons with VIP passes.

Police preparations include the expected arrival of 500,000 visitors on Lag B’Omer, including the days before and after.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem/Photos: Yossi Eisenstein, Mosdos Ohr Rashbi)