The unique light of Lag Ba'Omer

The unique light of Lag Ba'Omer

This ability, to see the good even in something that appears faulty, is what God demanded of Moses before he could redeem Israel, and likewise of Isaiah. When Rachel saw this trait in Akiva, she chose to marry him.

Lag Ba’omer is About Looking Forward

Rabbi Shlomo Katz shares a spiritual teaching about the significance of Lag Ba'omer and how it applies to modern Israeli history.

Yoma Dehilula Darshbi is known as a great day capable of many salvations in every way, and it is a day on which many people pray and engage in Torah study, especially in the study of the Zohar, and on this day they even stop practicing the mourning customs that were practiced throughout the days of the Sefirah until now. The Root of the Custom - Ancient Sources One of the earliest sources for the cessation of mourning customs on Lag BaOmer appea…

The holiday has been celebrated among Jewish communities for centuries, in various ways, and more so since our return to the Land of Israel. • But we must ask – what is the meaning of the joy on this day?

A Lag Ba’omer Reflection: The Majesty Within

Lag Ba’omer is one of those days on the Jewish calendar that the people themselves have turned into a day of great celebration. The Shulchan Aruch doesn’t mention anything special about the day. However, the Rama (493:2) writes, “In these countries, the custom is to take haircuts [on Lag Ba’omer], increase a little simcha, and we don’t recite Tachanun.” Today, in Eretz Yisroel, the day is treated like a minor Yom Tov, and it is increasingly obse…