Top X Posts (formerly Tweets) for Lag BaOmer Begins -
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Despair: the world is the pits. There's no hope; just glance at the media and you"ll see I'm right... Emuna: Hey, bro, it's soon Shabbat followed by Lag B'Omer! There's not only hope, but happiness too! Just glance at Rebbe Nachman's teachings, and you'll see I'm right! Show more
Fearing Hezbollah in north, state moves Lag B’Omer event to East Jerusalem flashpoint timesofisrael.com Fearing Hezbollah in north, state moves Lag B’Omer event to East Jerusalem flashpoint
— The Times of Israel (@TimesofIsrael) May 25, 2024
We have learned that the Ultra Orthodox festival of Lag B’omer, which is the largest Jewish festival in the world, attracting 100 000+ people to Mt Meron in N Galilee is being relocated to our neighbourhood. There will be very tight restrictions and heavy policing for two days. Show more
Because of the war in the north, the events of "LAG B'Omer" holiday were moved from Mount Maron in the north, to the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in East Jerusalem. The decision to hold the main event in the heart of a Palestinian residential neighborhood takes advantage of the… Show more
— מסתכלים לכיבוש בעיניים (@Mistaclim) May 25, 2024
Lag B'Omer in 2024
The Omer (Hebrew: ל״ג בעומר) refers to the 49 days between Passover and Shavuot. Lag B'Omer is the thirty-third day of counting of the Omer and falls on the lunar date of 18th Iyar (May).