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SUMMARY:Lag BaOmer
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DESCRIPTION:May 18\, 5785 The counting of the Omer from the second eve
 ning of the Passover festival until Shavuot is connected to the agricu
 ltural annual cycle. This period marked both the beginning of the barl
 ey harvest and the end of the wheat harvest\, during which the sheaves
  (&#8220\;Omer&#8221\;) were counted. Nevertheless\, this period is co
 nsidered a time of mourning in traditional Judaism\, as various disast
 ers that befell the Jewish people are commemorated. This includes\, fo
 r example\, the failed Bar Kochba revolt against the Romans as well as
  the pogroms during the Crusades of the 11th century. Thus\, during th
 is period of 49 days\, no joyful events such as weddings should be cel
 ebrated. Lag baOmer is the 33rd day of the Omer counting and interrupt
 s this mourning period for one day. On this day\, both weddings can be
  held and hair can be cut. Lag baOmer is also celebrated as the day of
  the death and ascension to heaven of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai\, whom t
 he Kabbalists consider the author of the book Zohar. On this day\, num
 erous very religious Jews pilgrimage to Meron (Upper Galilee) to honor
  him with torches and fires as the light-bringer.
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