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ISRAEL, MERON : Ultra-Orthodox Jews celebrate at the grave site of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai in the northern Israeli village of Meron in the early hours of May 22, 2011 at the start of the day-long holiday of Lag Baomer that commemorates the Jewish scholar's death. Thousands of religious Jews light large bonfires all night long and visit the shrine of Bar Yochai, one of the most prominent sages in Jewish history, during the holiday. ALESSIO ROMENZI