Lag BaOmer

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

Bonfires, Jewish Unity parades, bows and arrows, carobs, and more. Find out what is traditionally done on Lag Baomer, and why...

Parades, picnics, bonfires, outings... Find out which fun programs YOUR local Chabad center is offering this Lag BaOmer!

Seeing a man ploughing and sowing, they exclaimed: "They forsake eternal life and engage in temporal life!" Whatever they cast their eyes upon was immediately incinerated

Rabbi Akiva taught that "Love your fellow as yourself" is a "cardinal principle in Torah." How was it that that Rabbi Akiva's disciples, of all people, were deficient in this area?

There comes a point at which the external resources we've come to rely on are suddenly ineffectual, and the only place to turn is inward, to ourselves

Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai and the essence of Jewish mysticism

If only I could be locked away in a cell with no distractions and no excuses, can you imagine how much I would accomplish?

To explain our world without examining its inner depth is as shallow as explaining the workings of a computer by describing the images viewed on its monitor...

Is death a reason to mourn, or to celebrate the life of the deceased? That depends on the nature of the person's life...

The night their father left town, his sons reminisced about their shared childhood, and the messages stressed in their home...

Can you find a competent electrician willing to do a job for, say, three candies an hour? How about a spiritual person willing to serve G-d for material reward?

Is your job a method of providing youself with the necessities of life, or has it become its own purpose?

It's my favorite oxymoron: If one indeed lives in the future, it's not the future anymore, is it? And if one only thinks he's living in the future, than he's not really living there, is he?

In order to conquer and affect the world around us we must first move inwards...

What were they thinking when they invented Lag BaOmer parades?

What do we really celebrate on Lag Ba’omer and what does the Rebbe say about it. The story of Lag Ba’Omer -- in depth.

Why were the disciples of Rabbi Akiva punished by death for being disrespectful? And why are we happy on the day that R. Shimon Bar Yochai died?

Why do we celebrate on the day that R. Shimon Bar Yochai passed away? Also: If we are not permitted to talk to the dead, why do we pray by a tzaddik’s grave?