Lag BaOmer

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Jewish holiday religious festival

Lag BaOmer is a Jewish holiday celebrated on the 33rd day of the Omer, marked by bonfires, outdoor festivities, and the commemoration of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai.

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Label Occurrences
Lag BaOmer canonical 8
Lag B’Omer 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Jewish holiday ⓘ
religious festival ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Lag BaOmer ⓘ
surface form: Lag B’Omer

Lag LaOmer ⓘ
associatedPractice children playing with bows and arrows ⓘ
haircutting ceremonies ⓘ
upsherin (first haircut at age three) ⓘ
associatedWith Kabbalah ⓘ
Rabbi Akiva ⓘ
Shimon bar Yochai ⓘ
surface form: Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai

Zohar ⓘ
calendar Hebrew calendar ⓘ
commemorates Shimon bar Yochai ⓘ
surface form: Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai

end of a plague among Rabbi Akiva’s students ⓘ
countryWhereWidelyObserved Israel ⓘ
dayInOmerCount 33 ⓘ
follows Passover ⓘ
surface form: Pesach
halachicCategory non-work-prohibited festival ⓘ
hasTheme Jewish unity ⓘ
Torah study ⓘ
mystical revelation ⓘ
liturgicalStatus minor holiday ⓘ
majorPilgrimageLocation Meron, Israel ⓘ
mourningCustom haircuts permitted in many communities ⓘ
music permitted in many communities ⓘ
weddings permitted ⓘ
mourningRestrictions partially lifted ⓘ
nameMeaning 33rd day of the Omer ⓘ
observedBy Haredi Jews ⓘ
Hasidism ⓘ
surface form: Hasidic Jews

Jews ⓘ
religious Zionists ⓘ
occursOnHebrewDate 18 Iyar ⓘ
partOf Counting of the Omer ⓘ
pilgrimageSite tomb of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai ⓘ
surface form: Tomb of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai
precedes Shavuot ⓘ
religion Judaism ⓘ
season spring ⓘ
symbolizes joy during the Omer period ⓘ
spiritual light ⓘ
typicalRitual barbecues ⓘ
lighting bonfires ⓘ
outdoor celebrations ⓘ
parades ⓘ
picnics ⓘ
pilgrimage to Meron ⓘ
visiting graves of sages ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Shimon bar Yochai (traditional attribution of Zohar) → associatedFestival → Lag BaOmer ⓘ
subject surface form: Shimon bar Yochai
Counting of the Omer → includesSpecialDay → Lag BaOmer ⓘ
Iyar → associatedWithEvent → Lag BaOmer ⓘ
Iyar → containsHoliday → Lag BaOmer ⓘ
Rabbi Akiva → commemoratedOn → Lag BaOmer ⓘ
Mount Meron → associatedWithHoliday → Lag BaOmer ⓘ
Rashbi → commemorationDay → Lag BaOmer ⓘ
Lag BaOmer → alsoKnownAs → Lag BaOmer ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lag B’Omer
Shimon bar Yochai → commemorationDay → Lag BaOmer ⓘ