Lag b'Omer

[lahg boh-mer, buh-oh-mer]

noun

1. a Jewish festival celebrated on the 18th day of Iyar, being the 33rd day of the Omer, traditionally in commemoration of the end of the plague that killed Rabbi Akiba's students or of the bravery of Bar Kokba.

Lag b'Omer

/ laɡ bəˈɔmɛr, læɡ ˈbəʊmə /

noun

1. a Jewish holiday celebrated on the 18th day of Iyar

Word History and Origins

Origin of Lag b'Omer¹

1900–05; < Hebrew lagh bāʿōmer, equivalent to lagh “33rd” + bā, variant of bə “in” + ʿōmer Omer

Word History and Origins

Origin of Lag b'Omer¹

Hebrew, literally: 33rd (day) of the Omer

Example Sentences

But the synagogue, where a celebration for the annual Lag b’Omer festival was held Tuesday night, has previously come under attack by Islamist militants, who have also targeted other Tunisian tourist sites.

From New York Times

Spiritual leader Nachum Dov Brayer leads the celebration marking the annual Lag B'Omer celebrations with ecstatic all-night dances and singing at the Meron mountain in northern Israel May 18, 2022, after a crowd crush killed 45 people a year ago.

From Reuters

Tens of thousands came April 30 to the hilltop site of Meron for the Lag B'Omer bonfire festival.

From Washington Post

Tens of thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews thronged the Galilee hillside tomb of second-century sage Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai on April 30 for the annual Lag B'Omer festival that includes all-night prayer, mystical songs and dance.

From Reuters

Tens of thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews thronged to the Galilee hillside tomb of 2nd-century sage Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai on April 30 for the annual Lag B’Omer festival that includes all-night prayer, mystical songs and dance.

From Reuters