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    Lag BaOmer (Hebrew: לַ״ג בָּעוֹמֶר‎, LaG Bāʿōmer), also Lag B'Omer or Lag LaOmer, is a Jewish religious holiday celebrated on the 33rd day of the Counting...
    34 KB (3,911 words) - 02:10, 25 October 2024
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    pilgrimage to the tomb of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai on the Jewish holiday of Lag BaOmer, at which it was estimated that 100,000 people were in attendance. Forty-five...
    44 KB (4,085 words) - 17:10, 9 December 2024
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    the mourning practices during the entire Counting of the Omer, save for the day of Lag BaOmer and the last three days of the counting (sheloshet yemei...
    27 KB (3,105 words) - 07:25, 8 December 2024
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    Upsherin (category Lag BaOmer)
    counting of the Omer, including Lag BaOmer We know from travellers that by the 18th and 19th centuries, the yom hillula at Meron on Lag BaOmer with bonfires...
    11 KB (1,320 words) - 05:42, 4 January 2025
  • 2023 Djerba synagogue shooting (category Lag BaOmer)
    synagogue, where a large gathering of Jewish pilgrims were celebrating Lag BaOmer. Two visitors and two Tunisian police officers were killed, while eight...
    25 KB (2,234 words) - 20:12, 3 September 2024
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    Meron, Israel (category Lag BaOmer)
    through a narrow passage, at the mass gathering to celebrate the holiday of Lag BaOmer. Meron is noted for its mountainous terrain and valleys. Among the local...
    21 KB (2,433 words) - 08:02, 5 January 2025
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    lightings continue in thousands of cities today. Chabad established an annual Lag BaOmer parade at '770', one of the largest celebrations of its kind, where thousands...
    107 KB (11,237 words) - 09:15, 23 December 2024
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    Tomb of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai (category Lag BaOmer)
    holds that boys be given their first haircuts on Lag baOmer, and today this generally means the Lag baOmer after their third birthday. Today a large event...
    16 KB (1,592 words) - 16:20, 8 December 2024
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    El Ghriba Synagogue (category Lag BaOmer)
    then buried in a cave which became the site of an annual pilgrimage for Lag BaOmer. The synagogue was built at the end of the 19th century at the spot where...
    17 KB (1,427 words) - 11:54, 1 January 2025
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    eve of Lag BaOmer, bonfires are lit on to commemorate the Mishnaic sage Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai who according to tradition died on Lag BaOmer. Rabbi Shimon...
    31 KB (3,988 words) - 00:01, 3 December 2024
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    interpreted as "month of blossoming". 14 Iyar – Pesach Sheni 18 Iyar – Lag BaOmer Fast of Behav – see Cheshvan. It is observed on the Monday, Thursday,...
    13 KB (1,617 words) - 01:35, 24 October 2024
  • Ana BeKoach (category Lag BaOmer)
    fifth week of the Omer (18 Iyar, Lag BaOmer, day 33 of the counting). • Week 7, Weekday 7 is the seventh day of the seventh week of the Omer (5 Sivan, day...
    61 KB (3,458 words) - 12:05, 13 November 2024
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    Shimon bar Yochai (category Lag BaOmer)
    Rossoff, Dovid. "Meron on Lag B'Omer". The Jewish Magazine. Retrieved April 28, 2010. Lebovits, Moishe Dovid. "Lag BaOmer". Halachically Speaking. p...
    29 KB (4,024 words) - 07:31, 25 October 2024
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    Mount Meron (category Lag BaOmer)
    the anniversary of his death on Lag BaOmer, thousands of people camp out along the slopes near the tomb, and on Lag B'Omer itself, hundreds of thousands...
    11 KB (831 words) - 22:12, 22 November 2024
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    The Boyaner Rebbe traditionally lights the first bonfire at the annual Lag BaOmer celebration at the tomb of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai in Meron, Israel. This...
    24 KB (2,341 words) - 18:20, 8 November 2024
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    Yahrzeit are on the Seventh of Adar I, the anniversary of Moses' death; Lag ba-Omer, the Yahrzeit of Simeon ben Yoḥai, observed at his tomb in Meron since...
    14 KB (1,309 words) - 17:16, 10 November 2024
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    observance. See Counting of the Omer (Semi-mourning). Lag Ba'Omer: 18 Iyar Lag Ba'Omer (לַ״ג בָּעוֹמֶר) is the 33rd day in the Omer count (לַ״ג is the number...
    106 KB (13,044 words) - 06:49, 9 December 2024
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    Hillula of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai (category Lag BaOmer)
    Every year on Lag BaOmer, some 200,000 people attend the 'Yom Hillula' (day of rejoicing) at the tomb of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai in Meron, Israel. The...
    16 KB (1,697 words) - 22:24, 11 December 2024
  • song Al Hanisim Mi Y'malel Ner Li Passover (Haggadah) Ma Nishtana Dayenu Adir Hu Chad Gadya Echad Mi Yodea L'Shana Haba'ah Lag BaOmer Bar Yochai v t e...
    17 KB (1,859 words) - 17:32, 30 December 2024
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    age of three. A mass hair cutting ceremony is held on the holiday of Lag BaOmer at the tomb of Rabbi Simeon bar Yohai in the Galilean town of Meron. The...
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