Comeback Mission
Rabbi Uri Zohar journeyed from brazen celeb to sincere seeker — and invited the entire country to join the ride
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Rabbi Uri Zohar journeyed from brazen celeb to sincere seeker — and invited the entire country to join the ride
David Cohen/Flash90 At least 45 people were killed and over 150 wounded at a mass gathering of ultra-Orthodox Jews in northern Israel on Thursday night to mark the festival of Lag B’Omer. The annual event takes place at the tomb of the second-century sage Shimon Bar Yochai (also known by his acronym Rashbi) on Mount Meron in the Upper Galilee. Legend has it that Bar Yochai died on Lag B’Omer (the 33rd day of the counting of the Omer), and that on that day he revealed deep kabbalistic secrets that formed the basis of the book of Jewish mysticism known as the