Why Is Lag BaOmer Celebrated? Lag BaOmer is celebrated for two different reasons. One is the end of a deadly plague that is believed to have killed a whopping 24,000 students of Rabbi Akiva Ben Yosef.
Herzog to Australian Jews: 'Don’t be afraid, stand proud' ...
The celebration marks the end of an ancient plague and of the life of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai, author of the Zohar, a mystical text of the Torah. The mystic asked that his passing be marked with joy.
Ita Silberman (80) was born in Tzfat. Her family arrived from Ukraine in the 16 th Century when Isaac Luria (HaARI) drew many Jews from Spain and other parts of Europe. Ita’s grandfather, who features ...
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