{"id":22850,"date":"2025-05-13T12:41:25","date_gmt":"2025-05-13T09:41:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/?p=22850"},"modified":"2025-05-13T12:42:01","modified_gmt":"2025-05-13T09:42:01","slug":"israel-bans-bonfires-for-lag-baomer-amid-wildfire-risk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/israel-bans-bonfires-for-lag-baomer-amid-wildfire-risk\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel Bans Bonfires for Lag BaOmer Amid Wildfire Risk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In light of the recent wave of wildfires across the country, the Ministry of Environmental Protection is urging the public, local and regional authorities, and the education system to refrain from lighting Lag BaOmer bonfires. This call is especially significant in view of the nationwide directive issued by Israel\u2019s Fire and Rescue Commissioner, which prohibits the lighting of fires in all open areas throughout the country from Thursday, May 9, 2025, at 8:00 AM until Saturday night, May 18, 2025, at 11:59 PM.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_22852\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22852\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/medura-2.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" class=\"size-full wp-image-22852\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/medura-2.webp 800w, https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/medura-2-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/medura-2-768x512.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-22852\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Yonatan Sindel \/ Flash90<br \/><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Lag BaOmer Is a Holiday of Light and Connection \u2013 It Can Be Celebrated Differently<\/strong><br \/>\nEnvironmental Protection Minister Idit Silman encouraged the public and local leaders to join the national effort to protect public health and the environment: \u201cLag BaOmer is a holiday of light and connection, and it can be celebrated differently\u2014safely, responsibly, and in an environmentally conscious way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Air Pollution Spike and Fire Hazards<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Ministry noted that Lag BaOmer bonfires have become a significant source of air pollution in recent years, leading to sharp increases\u2014up to 4 to 8 times the average levels\u2014of hazardous airborne particles. \u201cThis pollution is especially dangerous for children, the elderly, and individuals with heart or lung conditions. It can also worsen asthma symptoms and respiratory illness,\u201d the ministry\u2019s statement said.<\/p>\n<p>The combination of high temperatures and prolonged dryness, they warned, significantly increases the risk of large-scale fires.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following a wave of wildfires on Independence Day, Israel\u2019s Ministry of Environmental Protection is calling on the public to mark the holiday through alternative, fire-free means.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":22851,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[80,129],"tags":[3995,5372,4533,2603,4913,2617],"class_list":["post-22850","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-environment","category-judaism","tag-air-pollution","tag-bonfires","tag-environmental-protection","tag-idit-silman","tag-lag-baomer","tag-wildfires"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.7 (Yoast SEO v24.7) - 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