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Lag BaOmer

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1464:(MS Paris 264) ed. Chaim Hershler, p. 224-225: ืžื ื”ื’ื• ืขื“ ืœ"ื’ ืœืขื•ืžืจ ื•ื‘ืชืœืžื•ื“ ืฉืœื ื• ืื•ืžืจ ืžืคืกื— ื•ืขื“ ืขืฆืจืช, ืกืžื›ื• ืขืœ ื”ื™ืจื•ืฉืœืžื™ ืฉืื•ืžืจ ืขื“ ืคืจืก ื”ืขืฆืจืช, ื›ืœื•ืžืจ ืขื“ ื—ืฆื™ ื–ืžืŸ ื”ืขืฆืจืช ื”ื•ื ืฉืœืฉื™ื ื™ื•ื ืœืคื ื™ ืขืฆืจืช, ืฉื”ืจื™ ืืžืจื• ื‘ืคืจืง ื‘ื ื™ ื”ืขื™ืจ ืžืฉื” ืชืงืŸ ืœื”ื ืœื™ืฉืจืืœ ืฉื™ื”ื™ื• ื“ื•ืจืฉื™ืŸ ื•ืฉื•ืืœื™ืŸ ืฉืœืฉื™ื ื™ื•ื ืงื•ื“ื ืœืคืกื— ื‘ื”ืœื›ื•ืช ื”ืคืกื—, ื•ื”ืคืจืก ืฉื”ื•ื ื—ืฆื™ ื”ืŸ ื˜"ื• ื™ื•ื ืœืคื ื™ ืขืฆืจืช ืขื“ ืคืจืก, ืขื“ ื•ืœื ืขื“ ื‘ื›ืœืœ ื ืฉืืจื• ื™"ื“ ื™ืžื™ื, ื•ืœืคื™ ื–ื” ืœ"ื’ ืขืฆืžื• ืื™ื ืŸ ืจืื•ื™. ื•ื™ืฉ ืžื—ืžื™ืจื™ืŸ ื‘ืขื ื™ืŸ ื–ื” ื•ื‘ืžื ื”ื’ ื–ื” ื•ืื•ืžืจื™ื ืฉืžื” ืฉื ื”ื’ื• ืœื•ืžืจ ืœ"ื’ ืœืขื•ืžืจ ื›ืœ ื™ืžื™ ื”ืขื•ืžืจ ื‘ื›ืœืœ ืžืคืกื— ื•ืขื“ ืขืฆืจืช, ืืœื ืฉื™ืžื™ ื”ื—ื•ืœ ืฉื‘ื›ืœ ื™ืžื™ ื”ืกืคื™ืจื” ื”ื ืœ"ื’ ื›ืฉืชื•ืฆื™ื ื”ืฉื‘ืชื•ืช ื•ื™ืžื™ื ื˜ื•ื‘ื™ื ืฉื‘ื”ื ื ืฉืืจื• ืœ"ื’. ืื‘ืœ ื”ืžื ื”ื’ ื”ืงื“ื•ื ื”ื•ื ื›ืžื• ืฉืืžืจื• ื‘ื™ืจื•ืฉืœืžื™ ืขืจ ืคืจืก ื”ืขืฆืจืช, ื›ืœื•ืžืจ ื—ืฆื™ ืฉืœืฉื™ื ืœืคื ื™ ืขืฆืจืช, ื•ืื™ืŸ ืจืื•ื™ ืœืฉื•ื ืื“ื ืœื‘ื ื›ื ื’ื“ ื”ืžื ื”ื’ ื•ื”ื’ื“ืจ, ืฉืœื ื™ืงืจืื•ื”ื• ืคื•ืจืฅ ื’ื“ืจ. 392: 1120: 1231:ื•ื‘ื™ื•ื ืคื•ืจื™ื ื”ื•ื ืœ"ื’ ื‘ืขื•ืžืจ ื•ื–ื›ืจ . . . ืคื•ืจื™ื ืœ"ื’ ื‘ืขื•ืžืจ. Paralleled in MS Berlin 352, f. 11r: ื•ื‘ื™ื•ื ืคื•ืจื™ื ื™ืืจืข ืœ"ื’ ื‘ืขื•ืžืจ. These texts differ only in the mnemonic; Add MS 27,201 gives ืฉื ื”ืื—ื“ ืคืœ"ื’ and MS Berlin ืคืœ"ื’ ืืœื”ื™ื ืžืœื ืžื™ื. Similarly, a marginal note to MS BL Or. 9153, f. 165r reads ืคืœ"ื’ ืืœื”ื™ื ืžืœื ืžื™ื ื ื•ื˜ืจื™ืงื•ืŸ ืฉ ืคืœ"ื’ ื”ืค' ืคื•ืจื™ื ื”ืœ"ื’ ืจ"ืœ ืœ"ื’ ืœืขื• ื›ืฉื™ื‘ื ื’ืฉื ื‘ืฉื ื™ื”ื ื”ื•ื ืกื™ืžืŸ ืฉื•ื‘ืข ื•ื’ื ืฉืœืขื•ืœื ื™ื”ื™ื” ืœ"ื’ ืœ ื›ื™ื•ื ืคื•ืจื™ื. The other mnemonics listed in these sources are thematic, but only MS Or. 9153 attempts to explain ืคืœ"ื’ in such terms. Cf. the 603: 263: 882: 696: 688: 42: 1155:'s victory. By the late 1940s, Israeli textbooks for schoolchildren painted Bar Kokhba as the hero while Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai and Rabbi Akiva stood on the sidelines, cheering him on. This interpretation lent itself to singing and dancing around bonfires by night to celebrate Bar Kokhba's victory, and playing with bows and arrows by day to remember the actions of Bar Kokhba's rebel forces. 530:. With the failure of this project and the death of Julian, Lag Baomer initially became a fast day. After the Muslim conquest and the end of Christian oppression of Jews in Israel, mourning practices ceased to be observed. The choice to begin the reconstruction on the 33rd day of the omer may have been an anti-Christian polemic, as Jesus was said to have been killed at age 33. 1391:, p. 37: ื•ื™ืฉ ื ื•ืกื—ื ืื—ืจืช ืขื“ ืคืจืก ื”ืขืฆืจืช ืฉื”ื•ื ื˜"ื• ื™ื•ื ืงื•ื“ื ื•ื–ื” ืขื“ ืœ"ื’ ืœืœืขื•ืžืจ ืขื“ ื™"ื— ืื™ื™ืจ. According to Zacuto, Ben Levi gave a mnemonic ื‘ืŸ ื™"ื— ืœื—ื•ืคื” for the day on which marriage could resume (cf. the medieval additions to m. Avot 5:20), corresponding to 18 Iyyar. Zacuto's contemporary, Samuel ibn Danan, "writes that he heard from his father 554:, the pilgrimage naturally moved up to Lag Baomer (3 days later), already a joyous day according to Ashekaniz custom (Rema OC 493:2), as it was believed to be the day the plague of Rabbi Akiva's students ended. As one of the latter's prominent students, Shimon's tomb ultimately became the focus of the pilgrimage. 1099:, have opposed the celebration of or the practice of certain customs observed on Lag BaOmer. These halachic scholars pointed out that the way Lag BaOmer is observed differs from the traditional manner in which anniversaries of deaths are observed, as Lag BaOmer is observed in a festive way, whereas usually a 1110:
Other rabbis responded to the aforesaid opposition by explaining that it has been observed by many great rabbis and that expensive clothes are never burned. They relate what happened on the day of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai's death as evidence that the day is very holy and should be celebrated. This has
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f. 41v: ื•ืžื” ืฉื ื”ื’ื• ืจื•ื‘ ื”ืขื ืœื”ื’ื“ื™ืœ ืฉืคื ืขื“ ืœ"ื’ ืœืขื•ืžืจ ืœื ืžืฆื™ื ื• ื‘ื• ืขื ื™ืŸ, ื•ื‘ืชื•ืกืคื•ืช ืคื™' ื›ื™ ืžื” ืฉืืžืจ ืœ"ื’ ืื™ื ื• ื›ืžื• ืฉื ื•ื”ื’ื™ืŸ, ืืœื ืœโ€ื’ ื™ื•ื ื›ืฉืชืกื™ืจ ืฉื‘ืขืช ื™ืžื™ ื”ืคืกื— ื•ืฉื‘ืขื” ืฉื‘ืชื•ืช ื•ืฉื ื™ ื™ืžื™ ืจืืฉ ื—ื“ืฉ ืฉื”ืŸ ืฉืฉื” ืขืฉืจ ื™ื•ื ืฉืื™ืŸ ืื‘ืœื•ืช ื ื•ื”ื’ ื‘ื”ื, ื ืฉืืจื• ืžืŸ ื”ืืจื‘ืขื™ื ื•ืชืฉืขื” ื™ืžื™ื ืœ"ื’, ื•ื–ื”ื• ืžืืžืจื ืœ"ื’ ื™ื•ื ืœืขื•ืžืจ. ืฉืžืขืชื™ ืฉื™ืฉ ื‘ืžื“ืจืฉ ืขื“ ืคืจืก ื”ืขืฆืจืช
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wherein water filled up the cave's cisterns and sometimes overflowed; the natural phenomenon poorly understood then was considered miraculous and attracted Jews and Muslims alike. As Hillel's cave is close to Mount Meron it was customary for the pilgrims to stop by the graves of other holy saints on
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p. 125b: ื›ื”ื”"ืจ ืฉืžื•ืืœ ืื‘ืŸ ืกื•ื ื‘ืืœ ื–"ืœ ืžื—ื›ืžื™ ืคืืก ื”ืงื“ืžื•ื ื™ื ื“ืจืš ืื’ื‘ ืืจืฉื•ื ื‘ื›ืืŸ ืžื” ืฉืžืฆืืชื™ ื›ืชื•ื‘ ื‘ื›"ื™ ืžื•ื”ืจืจ"ืค ืื‘ืŸ ืฆื•ืจ ืฉืž"ืš ื‘ื›"ื™ ื”ืจืž"ื– ื”ื’ืื•ืŸ ื–ื™ืข"ื ื•ื–"ืœ ื›ืชื‘ ืžื”ืจ"ื™ ืฉืžื•ืืœ ืื‘ืŸ ื“ื ืืŸ ื–ืœื”"ื” ืฉืฉืžืข ืžืื‘ื™ื• ื–"ืœ ื”ื”"ืจ ืกืขื“ื™ื” ืฉืจืื” ื‘ื—ืœื•ื ื—ื–ื™ื•ืŸ ืœื™ืœื” ื—ื›ื ื' ืžื›ื—ืžื™ ื“ื•ืจื• ืฉื”ื™ื” ืœื• ื–ืžืŸ ืจื‘ ืฉืžืช ื•ืฉืžื• ื”ื—ื›ื ื”ื”"ืจ ืฉืžื•ืืœ ืื‘ืŸ ืกื•ื ื‘ืืœ ื–"ืœ ื•ื”ื™ื”
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which are celebrated by some European cultures around halfway between the spring equinox and summer solstice on 1 May, and are also celebrated through large bonfires. In Germany it is also not uncommon to see rural men go out in the woods to shoot arrows at demons on May Day, similar to how the bow
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This is how Lag Ba'omer became a part of the Israeli-Zionist psyche during the first years of Zionism and Israel. A clear distinction became evident between Jews and Israelis in the way the day was celebrated: The religious Jews lit torches in Rashbi's honor and sang songs about him, while young
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f. 66v, #382: ืžื ื”ื’ ื”ื•ื ื‘ื–ื” ื”ืžืœื›ื•ืช ืฉืื™ืŸ ื ื•ืฉืื™' ื ืฉื™ื ื‘ื™ืŸ ืคืกื— ืœืขืฆืจืช. ื•ืื™ืŸ ืžืงื™ื–ื™ืŸ ื“ื ืขื“ ืœ"ื’ ื‘ืขืžืจ. ืœืคื™ ืฉื”ื™ืžื™ื ื”ืŸ ืขืœื•ืœื™ื ืฉื ืคืœื” ืžื’ืคื” ื‘ืชืœืžื™ื“ื™ ื—ื›ืžื™ื ืจ' ืขืงื™ื‘ื ื›ืžื” ืืœืคื™ื ืฉืžืชื• ืžื– ืคืกื— ืขื“ ืœ"ื’ ื‘ืขืžืจ ื•ื›ืœื ืžืชื• ืขื‘ื•ืจ ืฉื ืืช ื—ื ื. ื•ืื•ืชื• ื”ื™ื•ื ื ืขืฆืจื” ื”ืžื’ืคื” ื•ืขืฉื• ืื•ืชื• ื”ื™ื•ื ื™ื•ื ื˜ื•ื‘ ื•ืœืคื™ื›ืŸ ื ื”ื’ื• ืœื”ืงื™ื– ื‘ืœ"ื’
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who had long ago died, appeared to him in a dream and spoke of Lag BaOmer, giving the mnemonic ื‘ืŸ ื™"ื— ืœื—ื•ืคื”, and asked what he meant, and said to him that he was referring to the fact that 18 Iyyar is Lag BaOmer, the day on which marriage becomes permitted."
674:, the prayer for special Divine mercy on one's behalf, is not said on days with a festive character, including Lag BaOmer; when God is showing one a "smiling face", so to speak, as He does especially on the holidays, there is no need to ask for special mercy. 618:
While the Counting of the Omer is a semi-mourning period, all restrictions of mourning are lifted for Ashkenazim on the 33rd day of the Omer. The Sephardic custom is to cease mourning the following day, celebrations being allowed on the 34th day of the Omer,
516:, a 19th-century Jewish scholar, among others, suggests that the deaths of Rabbi Akiva's students was a veiled reference to the defeat of "Akiva's soldiers" by the Romans, and that Lag BaOmer was the day on which Bar Kokhba enjoyed a brief victory. 1370:: ื•ืืš ืžื ื”ื’ ื‘ืฆืจืคืช ื•ืคืจื•ื‘ื™ื ืฆื ืœื›ื ื•ื ืžืœ"ื’ ื‘ืขื•ืžืจ ื•ืื™ืœืš, ื•ืฉืžืขืชื™ ื‘ืฉื ืจ' ื–ืจื—ื™ื” ื”ืœื•ื™ ื–"ืœ ืžื’ื™ืจื•ื ื“ื ืฉืžืฆื ื›ืชื•ื‘ ื‘ืกืคืจ ื™ืฉืŸ ื”ื‘ื ืžืกืคืจื“ ืฉืžืชื• ืžืคืกื— ื•ืขื“ ืคืจื•ืก ื”ืขืฆืจืช ื•ืžืื™ ืคื•ืจืกื ืคืœื’ื ื›ื“ืชื ืŸ ืฉื•ืืœื™ื ื‘ื”ืœื›ื•ืช ืคืกื— ืงื•ื“ื ืœืคืกื— ืœ' ื™ื•ื ื•ืคืœื’ื ื˜"ื• ื™ื•ื ื•ื˜"ื• ื™ื•ื ืงื•ื“ื ื”ืขืฆืจืช ื–ื”ื• ืœ"ื’ ื‘ืขื•ืžืจ. 2620: 1181:
was established on Lag BaOmer 1941, and the government order creating the Israel Defense Forces was issued on Lag BaOmer 1948. Beginning in 2004, the Israeli government designated Lag BaOmer as the day for saluting the IDF reserves.
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and/or the anniversary of his death. According to a late medieval tradition, Simeon ben Yochai is buried in Meron, and this association has spawned several well-known customs and practices on Lag BaOmer, including the lighting of
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Horowitz, Y. F. and Morgenstern, Ashira (November 24, 2010). "Seasons: The Bostoner Rebbetzin remembers and reflects on the occasion of the first yahrtzeit of Grand Rabbi Levi Yitzchak HaLevi Horowitz, ztz"l, 18 Kislev 5771".
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to be held in Jewish communities around the world as a demonstration of Jewish unity and pride. Chabad sponsors parades as well as rallies, bonfires and barbecues for thousands of participants around the world each year.
1440:ื•ื”ื•ื ื—ืžืฉื” ืขืฉืจ ื™ื•ื ื”ืขืฆืจืช ื‘ืืžืจื ืคืจืก ื”ืคืกื— ืคืจืก ื”ื—ื’ ืฉื”ื ื—ืžืฉื” ืขืฉืจ ื™ื•ื ื‘ื ื™ืกืŸ ื•ื‘ืชืฉืจื™, ื•ื›ืฉืชืกื™ืจ ื—ืžืฉื” ืขืฉืจ ื™ื•ื ืžืืจื‘ืขื™ื ื•ืชืฉืขื” ื™ื•ื ื ืฉืืจื• ืฉืœืฉื™ื ื•ืืจื‘ืขื”, ื•ื”ื ื” ื”ื ืฉืœืฉื™ื ื•ืฉืœืฉื” ืฉืœื™ืžื™ื ื•ืžื’ืœื—ื™ืŸ ื‘ื™ื•ื ืฉืœืฉื™ื ื•ืืจื‘ืขื” ื‘ื‘ืงืจ ื›ื™ ืžืงืฆืช ื”ื™ื•ื ื›ื›ื•ืœื•. 1169:
Israelis, sitting around an alternative bonfire, sang about a hero "whom the entire nation loved" and focused on the image of a powerful hero who galloped on a lion in his charges against the Romans.
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lit on the mountaintops to relay messages, or are in remembrance of the Bar Kokhba revolt against the Romans, who had forbidden the kindling of fires that signalled the start of Jewish holidays.
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three years later. The plague that decimated Rabbi Akiva's 24,000 disciples was explained as a veiled reference to the revolt; the 33rd day when the plague ended was explained as the day of
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This interpretation of the holiday reinforced the Zionist reading of Jewish history and underscored their efforts to establish an independent Jewish state. As Benjamin Lau writes in
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is marked by observances that "bring out the solemn and serious nature of the day". Other issues raised include the practice of throwing clothes into bonfires, which is perceived as
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ed. Howard Kreisel, p. 404-405: ื•ืžื” ืฉื ื”ื’ื• ื”ืขื•ืœื ืฉืœื ืœืกืคืจ ื•ืœื ืœื™ืฉื ืืฉื” ืขื“ ืœ"ื’ ื‘ืขื•ืžืจ ืœื‘ื“ ืืคืฉืจ ืฉื”ืชืคืฉื˜ื•ืช ื”ื—ื•ืœ ื•ื”ืชื™ืœื“ื• ืœื ื”ื™ื” ืขื“ ืœ"ื’ ื‘ืขื•ืžืจ ืืœื ืฉืงืฆืชื ื”ืืจื™ื›ื• ื”ื—ืœื™ื™ื ืขื“ ืขืฆืจืช.
502:"when Rabbi Shimon ben Yochai died" - a difference of one letter. The actual origin of kabbalistic traditions of visiting Meron on any of several dates in the month of 1147:, a number of Lag BaOmer traditions were reinterpreted by Zionist ideologues to focus on the victory of the Bar Kokhba rebels rather than their ultimate defeat at 1633: 2742: 1478: 1063:
in addition to the other songs. Teachings of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai, both from the Talmud and the Zohar, are generally expounded upon by Rebbes at their
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In pre-war Europe, Lag BaOmer became a special holiday for students and was called "Scholar's Day". Students were freed to engage in outdoor sports.
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Throughout the world celebrants gather on the night and during the day of Lag BaOmer to light fires. A large celebration is held at the
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on Lag BaOmer, in addition to or instead of a bonfire. A full meal is usually served, and candles are lit. It is traditional to sing "
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The origins of Lag BaOmer as a minor festival are unclear. The earliest clear reference to the observance of Lag BaOmer is a gloss to
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The early acharonim: biographical sketches of the prominent early rabbinic sages and leaders from the fifteenth-seventeenth centuries
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discouraged bonfires, saying it was not the custom to light them outside of the Land of Israel. However, when his father Rabbi
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Families go on picnics and outings. Children go out to the fields with their teachers with bows and rubber-tipped arrows.
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In modern Israel, early Zionists redefined Lag BaOmer from a rabbinic-oriented celebration to a commemoration of the
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night. The tradition had been abandoned due to attacks on participants. After the bonfire, the Rebbe delivered a
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Several traditional songs are associated with the holiday; these are sung around bonfires, at weddings, and at
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and Lag BaOmer always fall on the same day of the week, but says nothing about the origin of the holiday.
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mention that the date of his death was Lag Baomer. The source for this idea appears to be a passage by
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Mount Meron, among them Shimon's tomb. During the 16th century, when the Ashkenazic community came to
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statement that the rainbow (the sign of God's promise to never again destroy the earth with a flood;
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Historically, children across Israel used to go out and play with bows and arrows, reflecting the
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According to another suggestion, Lag Baomer was the date on which the reconstruction of the
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The Bar Kokhba War Reconsidered: New perspectives on the Second Jewish Revolt against Rome
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in 1973 with holiday displays; the Lag BaOmer display showing Bar Kokhba is on the left.
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Ariel Ephraim Aharonob, "Lag Baomer in Meron: an Historical Overview", Bnei Brak, 2024.
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Omer is also sometimes used, though it is not grammatically correct in this setting.)
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9:11โ€“13) was not seen during Bar Yochai's lifetime, as his merit protected the world.
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is a holiday for children and the various youth movements. It is also marked in the
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In modern Israel, Lag BaOmer is "a symbol for the fighting Jewish spirit". The
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Additionally, in modern-day Israel, the holiday also serves to commemorate the
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to each day and week of the Omer count. The first week corresponds to
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instructed him to organize a large bonfire in the Satmar enclave of
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The Making of a Minhag: The Laws and Parameters of Jewish Customs
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Another theory posits that the connection between Lag Baomer and
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that Samuel ibn Sunbal, a certain great rabbi of that time in
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remained the opinion of most contemporary and recent rabbis.
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Entrance to the tomb of Shimon bar Yochai and his son,
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in 1941 and which bear the emblem of a bow and arrow.
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Israeli boys collect wood for a Lag BaOmer bonfire.
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Index

Lag Ba'omer

bonfire
Jewish
Counting of the Omer
Pesach
Iyar
Pesach
Shavuot
Counting of the Omer
Hebrew
Jewish religious
Counting of the Omer
Hebrew month
Iyar
Rishonim
Rabbi Akiva
Counting of the Omer
kabbalah
Hillula of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai
bonfires
Meron
Bar Kokhba revolt

Tel Aviv
Counting of the Omer
Omer
Hebrew letter
lamed
gimel

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