organizes the annual pilgrimage and distributes the pilgrimage‘s revenues to the village elders. Pilgrimage The pilgrimage takes place every year on the 33rd day of the Counting of the Omer, in between Pesach and Shavuot. On the 14th of Iyar, the festivities begin, in remembrance of the tannaitic rabbi Meir Baal HaNess, and last until the Lag BaOmer on the 18th of Iyar, in remembrance of tannaitic rabbi Simeon bar Yochai (regionally known as rabbi Shimon). See also La Ghriba, a documentary film List of synagogues in Tunisia Oldest synagogues in the world Chaim Madar References External links Djerba Jewish pilgrimage sites Lag BaOmer Orthodox Judaism in North Africa Orthodox synagogues in Tunisia Sephardi Jewish culture in North Africa Sephardi synagogues