Lag Ba'omer

What secret connects Yosef, Moshe Rabeinu and Rashbi? And how does this connect to the redemption we are now experiencing?

We should focus on Rabbi Akiva when speaking of Lag Ba'Omer seeing as he is the main Character mentioned by our sages.

If one mentions, before counting omer, that “Tonight is Lag Ba’omer”, can he subsequently count with a beracha?

The twenty-five thousand pupils of Rebbe Akiva all died in the days of the Omer Untill Lag Ba'Omer. We should learn to respect each other espcially on these days.

Join us for a 10 Shiurim series on Rabbi Kooks attitude to Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai

The minor holiday of Lag BaOmer, coming up next Thursday, is traditionally associated with the Divine Tannaitic Sage, Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai (Rashbi) – as well as with the thousands of students of Rabbi Akiva, who "stopped dying" on this day. Both of these are connected to each other...

Is one permitted to buy new jewelry or cloths online in the knowledge that they will arrive on Lag B’Omer or after Shavuot?

Many people had a custom to throw expensive clothing into the bonfire at Meron, explaining that they do so in honor of R. Shimon bar Yoĥai.

Some have a custom to refrain from cutting their sons’ hair until they reach the age of three. When their son reaches that age, they cut his hair and leave his sidelocks.