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| The Fires of Lag B'Omer |
| By Rebbetzin Chana Bracha Siegelbaum |
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| Is the purpose of the bon-fires on Lag B’Omer mainly to consume all the accumulated garden waste? Or is there a deeper reason behind lighting fires on this holy day? |
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| The Final Countdown |
| By Rivka Levy |
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| Last year was the second year that I counted all the way through. But the inner significance or meaning of why each day needed to be counted? I was still clueless... |
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| Soothing the National Pain |
| By Rabbi Lazer Brody |
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| Israel has a long list of aches and troubles, from within and from without. Yet, the unity of Lag B’Omer soothes the national pain. That in itself is reason to celebrate. |
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| Rashbi’s Passing |
| By Rabbi Moshe Miller |
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| Lag B’omer is the yahrtzeit, the anniversary of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai’s exit from the physical world. The Zohar in Idra Zuta gives a moving account of what happened… |
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| On Haircuts and Accountability |
| By Debbie Shapiro |
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| My thoughts returned to my newfound friend. I virtuously continued, "Turn it over to God. Pray to Him, do what you have to do to rectify the situation... |
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| Sefirat HaOmer and Lag B'Omer |
| By L. Katz |
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| Lag means 33. On the 33rd day of the Counting of the Omer (Lag B'Omer), we stop our mourning for the day... |
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| Praising the Chef - Lag B'Omer |
| By Rabbi Lazer Brody |
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| Under the influence of the upper spirit and only momentarily before his departure from the flesh, Rashbi revealed the secrets of the Idra Zuta... |
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| Meron on Lag B'Omer |
| By Dovid Rossoff |
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| Families came from as far away as Damascus and Baghdad. Bonfires were lit in honor of the Rashbi, and the men danced to the beat of drums and flutes... |
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| Counting The Hours |
| By Libi Astaire |
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| "This clock tells us that we are one hour closer to the coming of Mashiach and the Final Redemption," Reb Yissachar Dov continued. "When I heard this clock's... |
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| Lag B'Omer 1923 |
| By Rabbi Yerachmiel Tilles |
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| The word spread quickly. Almost instantaneously, melancholy gloom replaced the exuberant rejoicing. The singing stopped, the dancers froze; the mother's... |
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| RASHBI - Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai |
| By Breslev Israel staff |
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| Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai is best known as the author of the Zohar, the classic work of Kabbalah. Explaining God's hidden mysteries, the Kabbalistic tradition was part of... |
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| Breslov Lag B'Omer Customs |
| By Rabbi Dovid Sears |
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| On the Shabbat before Lag b'Omer in the Breslover communities of Yerushalayim, Williamsburg, Monsey, and Borough Park... |
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| Sefirat HaOmer |
| By Breslev Israel staff |
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| In the time of the Bait Hamikdash (The Holy Temple), on the second day of Pesach / Passover, (the 16th of Nisan), the Korbon "Omer" was offered. |
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