The annual Lag BaOmer celebration took place in Hebron in front of the Tomb of Machpela, ancient burial site of the Biblical Matriarchs and Patriarchs on Wednesday evening, May 25, 2016. The bonfire was lit as the crowd sang traditional songs of Shimon Bar Yochai, the 2nd-century leader who help propagate the Kaballah, or mystical Jewish teachings.