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What Is Lag BaOmer?


The Chassidic masters explain that the final day of a person’s earthly life marks the point when “all his deeds, teachings and work” achieve their culminating perfection . . .

Reader Comments
Posted: Sep 12, 2008
Lag Ba'omer.
It is a horrible explaination of Lag Ba'omer. You should have written why Lag Ba'omer is celebrated and all that.
Posted By Sam

Posted: Apr 30, 2009
Sam, tell us.
So tell us why we celebrate this little known holiday.
Rabbi's explanation follows what I have read in Orthodox, Conservative and even Reform literature.
Since when do we need a reason to celebrate?
Posted By M.
via denverjewishcenter.com

Posted: May 7, 2009
Sefirat a Omer and Lag ba Omer
What is the relation?
Posted By Luis Roizman, São Paulo, Lulaland

Posted: May 7, 2009
Lag B Omer falls on Hod sheba Hod do you suppose that the students dying stopped on that day as a message? For if iit represents humility of humility it would perhaps suggest that that is the helpful "tool" to achieve love thy neighbor as thyself.
Posted By traci, boca raton, fl

Posted: May 11, 2009
Lag B'Omer
Why exactly is Lag B'Omer associated with bonfires? (is it in the Talmud or Zohar?)
Posted By Eugene Feldman, Canoga Park, CA/USA.
via chabadso.com

Posted: Nov 27, 2010
Why do children play with bows and arrows?
Posted By Anonymous

Posted: May 22, 2011
Response to bonfires
The custom of lighting bonfires is to commemorate and celebrate the great spiritual light brought into this world by Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai, through his teaching of the inner, mystical dimension of Torah (The Zohar). On the day of his passing, on Lag Baomer, he revealed many hidden secrets of the Torah, bringing great light into the world.
Posted By Anonymous, Brooklyn, NY

 


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