Lag B’Omer Sameach!

by Eric on May 12, 2009

I hope all readers are enjoying the 33rd day of the Omer, a holiday widely celebrated in Israel and by religious Jews around the world.

Lag B’Omer has many possible origins, ranging from the yartseit of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai, the alleged author of the Zohar, to the ending of a plague at Rabbi Akiva’s yeshiva many years ago.

Today Israelis celebrate the holiday by lighting large bon fires, singing and dancing, grilling, and taking a trip up to Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai’s grave site in Meron.

About the author

Eric Eric is the founder and editor of IsraelSituation.com. He has been to Israel many times including a semester at Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He is the former president of the Israel advocacy group at the University of Colorado and teaches about Israel and the Media at a local religious school.

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