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THE JEWISH
QUIZ BOX
BY RABBI SAMUEL J. FOX
(Copyright, 1947, Jewish
Telegraphic Agency, Inc.)
QUESTION: What is “Lag
B'Onier" (occuring this year on
Thursday, May Bth) ?
ANSWER: The period of time
that elapses between the Passover
and the Pentecost Holidays is a
J period of forty-nine days. Those
days are observed by ritualistic-
I ally counting each day on the
! evening before. They are days in
' which marriages and any sort of
[merrymaking is prohibited, re
-1 sembling. in this sense, somewhat
i of a mourning period. The thirty
third day of this period is called
! “Lag B'Omer." a term which
means the “thirty-third (day) of
the (counting of the Omer) and
is observed as a “semi-holiday”
during which the restrictions that
are imposed for the entire period
are relaxed.
QUESTION: Why was this day
of “Ijtg B’Omer'* made a holiday?
ANSWER: A number of reas
ons are advanced for this. The
main theory connects it with the
reason for which the other sur
rounding days are -lays of semi
mourning. During this forty-nine
day period it is claimed that
twenty-four thousand of Rabbi
Akiba’s disciples were killed in :
the famous Bar-Kochba rebellion
against the Roman Legions (Tal- i
mild Babli-Yebamot 62a 1 for jew-
THE SOUTHERN JEWISH WEEKLY
isli independence in Palestine,
which occurred about the year
130 C. E. It is claimed that either
the killing stopped on The thirty
third day or that the killing was
done on interspersed days which
numbered thirty-three in all. For
this reason, it is claimed that the
! thirty-third day was established
! as a minor holiday, in anniversary
of the end of the slaughter.
Another reason advanced for
this festival is that Manna, the
heavenly food that was given to
the Israelites in the desert, began
to appear on this day, giving
cause for rejoicing. Still another
reason is advanced for this festi
val. The Kabbalists associate it
with the celebration of the
“death-anniversary” of Rabbi Sim
eon ben Yochai. the reputed auth
or of "Zohar,” the classic work
of the Mystics. It is claimed
that this saintly scholar rejoiced |
when his day of death came, for |
two reasons: Firstly, because I
some had tried to put him to
death before his time and he per- j
sisted in dying a natural death,
secondly, because of the Mystic j
idea, that through his death har
mony among the different worlds
in the universe was brought
about.
QUESTION: How is this fest
ival of “Lag B’Omer” observed?
ANSWER: There is really no
prescribed ritual for the observ
ance of this day. Certain prayers
of mournful and penitential na
ture are omitted in the syna
gogue. Marriages are permitted
and all semblances of mourning j
disappear. Children in the He
brew schools and in the seminal y
have special programs on this
day. Nevertheless, the real fest
ivity is to be noted in Palestine.
The Jews of Sefad and the neigh
boring settlements gather on this
day near the village Merror..
where the Mystic scholar called
“Tanna.” about whom to many
strange stories are related, is as-.
sumed to be buried. Special
hymns of a Kabbalistic character
are chanted and bonfires are
lighted in the neighborhood of the
traditional grave. School children
prepare bows and arrows and
practice shooting with them.
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