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    Lag BaOmer (Hebrew: לַ״ג בָּעוֹמֶר‎, LaG Bāʿōmer), also Lag B'Omer or Lag LaOmer, is a Jewish religious holiday celebrated on the 33rd day of the Counting...
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  • Yom Ha'Shoah Wednesday, April 17: Yom Ha'atzmaut Tuesday, April 30: Lag Ba'omer Friday, May 17: Shavuot* Thursday, July 18: Tisha B'Av Saturday, September...
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    is lifted on Lag Ba'Omer, while Sefardi practice is to lift it at the end of Lag Ba'Omer. Minor liturgical changes are made on Lag Ba'omer; because mourning...
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    Meron, Israel (category Lag BaOmer)
    Shimon bar Yochai, and is the site of annual mass public commemoration of Lag Ba'Omer. The association of Meron with the ancient Canaanite city of Merom or...
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  • 33 times in the story of creation in the opening chapters of Genesis. Lag Ba'omer is a minor Jewish holiday which falls on the 33rd day of the Omer Jesus'...
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    10 May, the police arrested the safety engineer who had approved the Lag Ba'omer celebration and his assistant. Investigators also said that senior police...
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    El Ghriba Synagogue (category Lag BaOmer)
    2023. "Tunisia's Prime Minister joins guests as Jews celebrate a unique Lag Ba'Omer festival". Jewish Chronicle. May 23, 2019. Archived from the original...
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    Empire (132–135 CE), Lag BaOmer is very popularly observed and celebrated as a symbol for the fighting Jewish spirit. As Lag Ba'Omer draws near, children...
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    rage elsewhere". Reuters. 11 January 2018. "5 killed in shooting near Lag Ba'omer fest at ancient synagogue in Tunisia". The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com...
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    Jews have for centuries made an annual pilgrimage to the synagogue on Lag Ba'Omer. On April 11, 2002, a truck full of explosives was detonated close to...
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    history and customs of the Western Wall. Yoaz, Yuval (27 May 2005). "Lag Ba'omer crowds jam dilapidated holy site at Mount Meron". Haaretz. Retrieved...
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    Shimon bar Yochai (category Lag BaOmer)
     315–316. Rossoff, Dovid. "Meron on Lag B'Omer". The Jewish Magazine. Retrieved April 28, 2010. Lebovits, Moishe Dovid. "Lag BaOmer". Halachically Speaking...
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  • May 1 May 1 אחד במאי Echad BeMay Optional paid leave Iyar 18 Lag BaOmer ל"ג בעומר Lag Ba'omer School holiday Iyar 28 Jerusalem Day יום ירושלים Yom Yerushalayim...
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    בית הכנסת צלאת בן שאיף) in Zliten, Libya was a historic synagogue and Lag Ba'omer pilgrimage site for Libyan Jews. It was built c. 1060. During the Ottoman...
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  • 2021 Pesach Sheni 18 Iyar Sunset, 29 April – nightfall, 30 April 2021 Lag Ba'omer Public holiday in Israel. 28 Iyar May 10, 2021 Fast of Samuel Fast is...
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  • 2023 Djerba synagogue shooting (category Lag BaOmer)
    Retrieved 2023-05-21. Klein, Zvika (2023-05-09). "5 killed in shooting near Lag Ba'omer fest at ancient synagogue in Tunisia". Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 18 August...
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    2015). "The Bar Kochba Revolt: A Disaster Celebrated by Zionists on Lag Ba'Omer". Haaretz. Retrieved 14 May 2019. Eck, Werner. "The bar Kokhba Revolt:...
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    Second World War, thousands of pilgrims visited his grave annually on Lag Ba'omer, his Yahrzeit (date of death). Not only was Isserles a renowned Talmudic...
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  • April, where the haverim love the "droriades" a day inspired by the lag ba'Omer (where the whole day is dedicated to sports games) and other fun activities...
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    is not irrelevant whether one was born on Pesach, or Yom Kippur, or Lag Ba'Omer or on any particular day. Each day is special and has a unique imprint...
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  • religious festival". BBC News. 30 April 2021. Retrieved 30 April 2021. "Lag Ba'omer: Dozens killed, injured amid stampede on Mt. Meron". The Jerusalem Post...
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    1939–1945 (English) Sharon, Jeremy (10 May 2012). "Sparks of Love This Lag Ba'omer". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 13 May 2014. Ehrlich, Aryeh. "Until the...
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    in Turka, although Hannah's father was not happy with the match. On Lag Ba'omer 1926, the Chief Rabbi of Haifa, Rabbi Kaniel, officiated at their wedding...
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  • over 150 hurt in stampede at mass Lag B'Omer event in Meron". The Times of Israel. Retrieved 2021-04-30. "Lag Ba'omer: What's Toldot Aharon, hassidic sect...
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  • Atlanta Jewish Times. Retrieved 2022-05-31. "Arabs and Jews celebrate Lag Ba'Omer, Ramadan together in Dubai". Israel National News. 29 April 2021. Berman...
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    Modzitz Hasidim in the city of Tel Aviv, where his father had lived. On Lag Ba'omer 5755 (18 May 1995), he moved the headquarters of Modzitz to a new building...
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    (Hebrew: בית הכנסת צלאת בן שאיף) in Zliten was a historic synagogue and Lag Ba'omer pilgrimage site for Libyan Jews. It was over 900 years old and was destroyed...
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  • Israel's Independence Day – nightfall, April 19 to nightfall, April 20 Lag Ba'omer – nightfall May 1 to nightfall, May 2 Jerusalem Day – nightfall May 11...
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    Shmurah Matza for the night of the Passover Seder; the Lag Ba'Omer campaign, to organise Lag Ba'Omer parades for Jewish children; the campaign encouraging...
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    Hillula of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai (category Lag BaOmer)
    May 2013. Retrieved 27 April 2010. "Over 500,000 Expected in Meron for Lag Ba'omer, 5769". matzav.com. 11 May 2009. Retrieved 28 April 2010. "Chai Rotel...
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