Context: Recently, at least 44 people were crushed to death in a stampede as tens of thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews gathered in northern Israel to celebrate the annual Lag B’Omer festival.
About Lag B’Omer Festival

• It is an annual Jewish festival observed during the Hebrew month of Iyar.
• It is celebrated on the 33rd day of the Omer, the 49-day period between Passover and Shavuot.
• Lag B’Omer is the only day during the 49-day period when celebration is permitted.
• Tens of thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jewish pilgrims make their way to the base of Mount Meron every year to mark the occasion.
• The pilgrims aims to pay their respects to Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai, a second century sage and mystic, who is believed to have died on this day.