Posted on 05/23/2008 8:06:42 AM PDT by Zionist Conspirator
Thirty-three days following the first day of Passover, Jews celebrate a "minor" holiday called Lag B'Omer, the thirty-third day of the Omer. It is an oasis of joy in the midst of the sad Sefirah period that passes almost unnoticed by most contemporary Jews. Yet it contains historic lessons of such gravity that our generation must attempt to unravel its mystery. We may well discover that our own fate is wrapped in the crevices of its secrets.
The seven weeks between Passover and Shavuos are the days of the "Counting of the Omer," the harvest festivities which were observed in the Land of Israel when the Temple stood on Mount Moriah in Jerusalem. This fifty-day period should have been a time of joyful anticipation. After experiencing the Exodus from Egypt on Pesach, Jews literally "counts the days" until they can relive Mattan Torah — the Revelation of Torah at Mount Sinai which took place on Shavuos, exactly fifty days after the Exodus.
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Annual bump for La”G Ba`Omer.
Annual bump/ping.
Annual bump.
High temps - 100 degrees - and heavy vegetation due to abundant winter rains have greatly restricted the usual large Lag B’Omer bonfires.
Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai brought the First Light, the Messianic Light, to the world and the bonfires are in his memory.
Have a l’chaim!
Annual bump (I almost didn’t find it this year!)
Video of Lag B’Omer in Meron today:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=L7ph_9tQmQg&feature=emb_logo&time_continue=13
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