Lag B'Omer

Lag BaOmer, the thirty third day of the counting of the Omer ,falls out this year on Motzei Shabbat (Saturday night) and Sunday. One of the reasons why Lag BaOmer is celebrated is because it marks the day that the plague which killed many of Rabbi...

The Gemara in Yevamot 62b explains that during Sefirat HaOmer (the 49 days between Pesach and Shavuot) 24,000 students of Rabbi Akiva died since they didn’t treat each other with proper respect. During Sefirat HaOmer mourning is observed. Weddings, haircuts...