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In this Sunday, May 22, 2011 file photo, an Ultra-orthodox Jewish youth covered in a prayer shawl take part in prayers on the grave of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai during Lag Ba’Omer celebrations at Mt. Meron in northern Israel. These believers are part of a peculiar and growing phenomenon in Israel, where hundreds of thousands of people from starkly different backgrounds flock to the tombs of ancient biblical figures or modern day rabbis, seeking blessings and claiming they’ve witnessed miracles. Israel Miracles Sought At Tombs Of Sages

In this Sunday, May 22, 2011 file photo, an Ultra-orthodox Jewish youth covered in a prayer shawl take part in prayers on the grave of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai during Lag Ba’Omer celebrations at Mt. Meron in northern Israel. These believers are part of a peculiar and growing phenomenon in Israel, where hundreds of thousands of people from starkly different backgrounds flock to the tombs of ancient biblical figures or modern day rabbis, seeking blessings and claiming they’ve witnessed miracles.

Israel Miracles Sought At Tombs Of Sages

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