Posts Tagged: Lag B’Omer
Mind Your Own Business? Not When You Care
JNS.org - I wrote last week about the most famous biblical commandment: “love thy neighbor.” We shared commentary by Nachmanides (the Rambam) on how we...
Israeli Committee on Mount Meron Disaster Urges Immediate Reforms to Avoid Future Tragedy
A committee investigating the disaster at Israel’s Mount Meron earlier this year submitted an interim report to the government on Monday, which described a “pressing...
Magen David Adom Before Mount Meron Tragedy: ‘Every Year We Came Back With a Sigh of Relief No Disaster Happened’
Volunteers at Israel’s national ambulance and disaster-relief organization, Magen David Adom — who were the first to come to the rescue at the mass-casualty incident,...
Discovery of Bar Kochba-Era Coin Declared at Lag B’Omer
JNS.org - As Jews across Israel and around the world celebrated Lag B’Omer, a holiday commemorating the life of anti-Roman Torah sage Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai,...
Hundreds of Thousands Make Lag B’Omer Pilgrimage to Rebbe Shimon’s Gravesite
JNS.org - Hundreds of thousands of Jews from around the world ascended to the Tomb of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai, lovingly called “Rebbe Shimon,” for Lag...
Lag B’Omer: Top 10 Ways to Celebrate
JNS.org - Lag B’Omer isn’t one of the best-known Jewish holidays, though some may notice that the men whose faces have grown fairly fuzzy following Passover are...
Lag B’Omer: The Forgotten Zionist Holiday
Ask someone which Jewish holiday occurs this week, and many people will draw a blank. While Pesach, Chanukah, and Purim are essential for so many religious...
Lag B’Omer Pilgrims Flock to Tunisian Synagogue With Increased Security Amid Terrorism Concerns
JNS.org - Tunisia has increased security around the Ghriba Synagogue on the island of Djerba in the southern portion of the country, where Jewish pilgrims are...
Orthodox Groups Burn Effigy of Israeli Finance Minister Lapid on Lag B’Omer
Times of Israel - Dozens of ultra-Orthodox revelers set fire to an effigy of Finance Minister Yair Lapid Saturday night in the northern city of Tiberias,...
In Israel, Lag B’Omer Inspires Memories and Mayhem
JNS.org - One of Pnina Newirth's earliest childhood memories is of a trip to Mount Meron on Lag B'Omer. But this was no ordinary...
Lag B’Omer: A Boy Scout’s Guide to Lighting Your Bonfire
JNS.org - On Lag B'Omer, the 33rd day of the counting of the Omer and the 18th day of the Hebrew month of Iyar,...
Judaism Teaches Long-Term Thinking
In last week's parsha and this there are two quite similar commands, both of which have to do with counting time. Last week we read...
‘Code Red’ Rocket Siren Interrupts Lag B’Omer Celebrations in Israel, Air Force Strikes Back
Residents of Israel's south were forced into shelters by a "Code Red" siren while Lag B'Omer was celebrated on Sunday, as a result of a...
Lag B’Omer: Top Kabbalists in Non-Stop Prayer-a-Thon on Mystic Holiday
Over 200,000 people have gathered in the tiny northern town of Meron to commemorate the Jewish holiday of Lag B'Omer today, which marks the anniversary...
