Ultra-Orthodox Jewish children build a bonfire in the West Bank settlement of Beitar Illit on May 24, 2016 one day ahead celebrations of Lag BaOmer . The Lag BaOmer bonfire is lit to commemorate the death of renowned Jewish scholar and renowned Bar Yochai some 1800 years ago. In a night long vigil thousands of Jews will light large bonfires and visit the final resting place of Bar Yochai, who is revered as one of Judaism's great sages. / AFP / MENAHEM
{"Image ImageDescription": "Ultra-Orthodox Jewish children build a bonfire in the West Bank settlement of Beitar Illit on May 24, 2016 one day ahead celebrations of Lag BaOmer .\nThe Lag BaOmer bonfire is lit to commemorate the death of renowned Jewish scholar and renowned Bar Yochai some 1800 years ago. In a night long vigil thousands of Jews will light large bonfires and visit the final resting place of Bar Yochai, who is revered as one of Judaism's great sages. / AFP / MENAHEM KAHANA        (Photo credit should read MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP via Getty Images)"}