Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochi and the Lesson of Lag Ba’Omer

This Jewish Life - By Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe by TORCH

May 4, 202649:22Religion & Spirituality

Lag Ba’Omer is a unique day in the Jewish calendar. It’s a minor festival celebrated in surprising ways for surprising reasons: on this day, the plague that was ravaging the the students of Rabbi Akiva ceased. On this da...

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