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Why all the joy on the day of the passing of the great sage Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai?
By Dovid Zaklikowski
Every year on the holiday of Lag BaOmer, we go to the park, have bonfires and live music and many celebrations. I never understood this. Are we supposed to have celebrations on the anniversary of someone’s passing?