Why Is Lag BaOmer Celebrated? Lag BaOmer is celebrated for two different reasons. One is the end of a deadly plague that is believed to have killed a whopping 24,000 students of Rabbi Akiva Ben Yosef.
LITCHFIELD — The Jewish holiday of Lag BaOmer, May 18-19, marks the end of a plague more than 2,000 years ago, as well as the passing of sage and mystic Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai, author of the Zohar, ...
The Jewish holiday Lag BaOmer falls in May 2025, and it's one of the most festive days in the Hebrew calendar. If you see a lot of Jewish celebrants at bonfires and street fairs—or hosting big ...
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