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Lag B’Omer Festival:

May 1, 2021
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In News: Many people died in a stampede as tens of thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews gathered in northern Israel to celebrate the annual Lag B’Omer festival.

About Lag B’Omer Festival-

  • Lag B’Omer is an annual Jewish festival observed during the Hebrew month of Iyar. 
  • It is celebrated on the 33rd day of the Omer, the 49-day period between Passover and Shavuot. 
  • Lag B’Omer is the only day during the 49-day period when celebration is permitted. 
  • Hence, it is common for Jews to schedule weddings on this day every year. 
  • Young boys, who have reached the age of three, are also traditionally brought here for their first hair cut.
  • To mark the occasion, tens of thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jewish pilgrims make their way to the base of Mount Meron every year, to pay their respects to Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai, a second century sage and mystic, who is believed to have died on this day. 
  • The Rabbi’s tomb is a much revered holy site in Israel.

Who was Rabbi Shimon?

  • Rabbi Shimon was said to have been a gifted Talmudic scholar and a disciple of Rabbi Akiva, one of the greatest Jewish sages of all time. 
  • According to some accounts, Rabbi Shimon authored the ‘Zohar’, which is the main work of Kabbalah, or Jewish mysticism.
  • Jews believe that on the day of his death, Rabbi Shimon told his disciples the many secrets of the Kabbalah, which some believe is how Lag B’Omer became a day of celebration. 
  • Bonfires are often lit on the day to represent the knowledge and wisdom he shared with his followers.
  • Others believe that a deadly plague that killed 244,000 of Rabbi Akiva’s followers ended on this day.
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