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Lag BaOmer 66 articles

Sefirat HaOmer

Lag BaOmer (literally: the 33rd day of the Omer) is traditionally when Rabbi Akiva’s 24,000 students stopped dying. It also marks the Yahrtzeit of the Tanna Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai, one of the 5 new students Rabbi Akiva took after the death of his 24,000 students.

Mythbusting Lag B’Omer
Mythbusting Lag B’Omer
Jun 21, 2024
By Rabbi Ephraim Glatt, Esq.
Live From Krakow on Lag Ba’Omer: Another Connection Between the Rema and Rashbi
Live From Krakow on Lag Ba’Omer: Another Connection Between...
Shiur provided courtesy of Torah Anytime
May 30, 2024
By Rabbi Daniel Glatstein
Live From the Rema’s Shul: Lag Ba’Omer Drasha 5784 – The Rema’s Compassionate Torah and Connection to...
Live From the Rema’s Shul: Lag Ba’Omer Drasha 5784...
Shiur provided courtesy of Torah Anytime
May 30, 2024
By Rabbi Daniel Glatstein
Live From the Rema’s Kever on His Yahrtzeit, Lag Ba’Omer
Live From the Rema’s Kever on His Yahrtzeit, Lag...
Shiur provided courtesy of Torah Anytime
May 30, 2024
By Rabbi Daniel Glatstein
Two Pairs of 12,000
Two Pairs of 12,000
I once escorted Rav Herschel Schechter, shlita, to Far Rockaway in the summer months. We got into a small discussion about Sefiras Haomer, but more specifically Lag B’Omer. I presented to...
May 30, 2024
By Steven Genack
From Lag Ba’Omer to Shavuos: Finding Meaning in the Final Countdown
From Lag Ba’Omer to Shavuos: Finding Meaning in the...
May 28, 2024
By Aviva Orlian
Lag Ba’Omer and the Significance of the 33rd Pasuk in Chumash
Lag Ba’Omer and the Significance of the 33rd Pasuk...
Shiur provided courtesy of Torah Anytime
May 22, 2024
By Rabbi Daniel Glatstein
Lag Ba’Omer: Head South
Lag Ba’Omer: Head South
Shiur provided courtesy of Torah Anytime
May 22, 2024
By Rabbi Daniel Glatstein
Hilula D’Rebbi Meir- Visting Rebbi Meir Is the Best Preparation for Lag Ba’Omer
Hilula D’Rebbi Meir- Visting Rebbi Meir Is the Best...
Shiur provided courtesy of Torah Anytime
May 22, 2024
By Rabbi Daniel Glatstein
The Mystical Connection of the Rem”a to Lag B’Omer and Rebbi Shimon
The Mystical Connection of the Rem”a to Lag B’Omer...
Shiur provided courtesy of Torah Anytime
May 21, 2024
By Rabbi Daniel Glatstein

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