Lag BaOmer
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lag-baomer-206-9890957
title:
Lag BaOmer
text:
Lag BaOmer, also Lag B'Omer or Lag LaOmer, is a Jewish religious holiday celebrated on the 33rd day of the Counting of the Omer, which occurs on the 18th day of the Hebrew month of Iyar. According to some of the Rishonim, it is the day on which the plague that killed Rabbi Akiva's 24,000 disciples came to an end, and for this reason the mourning period of the Counting of the Omer concludes on Lag BaOmer in many communities. According to modern kabbalah, this day is the Hillula of Rabbi Shimon ba
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Jewish holiday
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lag_BaOmer
date created:
2005-03-30T20:19:31Z
date modified:
2024-09-10T21:19:30Z
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