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The Fires of Lag B'Omer    The Fires of Lag B'Omer

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? 
 
 Sefirat HaOmer and Lag B Sefirat HaOmer and Lag B'Omer
 
 
Almost in Meron  
  Almost in Meron  
 
By Dr. Rivka Levron
Update date: 5/13/2019, 11:40
 
My husband and I had tickets for a bus from Beitar to Meron leaving at 1pm on Lag B'Omer. But this time, hundreds of people were waiting, and there were no buses…  

Sefirat HaOmer and Lag B  
  Sefirat HaOmer and Lag B'Omer  
 
By L. Katz
Update date: 5/5/2019, 12:05
 
Lag means 33. On the 33rd day of the Counting of the Omer (Lag B'Omer), we stop our mourning for the day...  

First Letdown, then Light  
  First Letdown, then Light  
 
By Rabbi Lazer Brody
Update date: 4/28/2019, 14:59
 
A person does everything to strengthen emuna and get closer to Hashem, only to find that life is even more difficult than it was before. What's going on?  

The Dignity of Others  
  The Dignity of Others  
 
By Rabbi Shalom Arush
Update date: 4/28/2018, 22:17
 
There are situations where a person harms someone; the aggressor regrets what he did, repents and asks the victim for forgiveness. The victim refuses to forgive…  

Which Baruch?  
  Which Baruch?  
 
By Rabbi Lazer Brody
Update date: 4/29/2018, 10:30
 
The Gabbai of the synagogue almost fainted when they told him that he called the wrong Baruch up to the Torah on Shabbat Yom Tov, when the aliyas were selling for top dollar...  

Count on Rebbe Shimon!  
  Count on Rebbe Shimon!  
 
By Rabbi Lazer Brody
Update date: 4/25/2018, 06:58
 
Why do hundreds of thousands of people frequent Rebbe Shimon Bar Yochai's holy gravesite in Meron every Lag B'Omer? They have someone to count on...  

Building Bonfires  
  Building Bonfires  
 
By Yehudit Levy
Publish date: 4/22/2013, 21:51
 
It is so easy to be introspective upon the bad we do, the mistakes we make, the misgivings we have. Yet how many of us do any introspection upon our good points?  

The Final Countdown  
  The Final Countdown  
 
By Rivka Levy
Update date: 4/22/2018, 11:37
 
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...  

Soothing the National Pain  
  Soothing the National Pain  
 
By Rabbi Lazer Brody
Update date: 5/19/2019, 10:21
 
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.  

Rashbi’s Passing  
  Rashbi’s Passing  
 
By Rabbi Moshe Miller
Update date: 5/2/2018, 14:04
 
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…  

On Haircuts and Accountability  
  On Haircuts and Accountability  
 
By Debbie Shapiro
Update date: 5/14/2017, 06:26
 
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...  

Praising the Chef - Lag B  
  Praising the Chef - Lag B'Omer  
 
By Rabbi Lazer Brody
Update date: 5/2/2018, 14:28
 
Lag B'Omer has the power of Yom Kippur in wiping away our spiritual debts, yet today, we can eat, drink and rejoice as well, thanks to the Master Chef...  

Meron on Lag B  
  Meron on Lag B'Omer  
 
By Dovid Rossoff
Update date: 5/2/2018, 14:08
 
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...  

Counting The Hours  
  Counting The Hours  
 
By Libi Astaire
Update date: 4/19/2018, 13:17
 
"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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