Lag Ba'Omer
by Miki Schauder
Lag Ba'Omer, a Jewish holiday. Some of its main significant rituals- lighting bonfires, prayers, big dancing and singing celebration in which a number of things are being noted.
The end of the plague in which 24,000 of Rabbi Akiva's disciples died in the 3rd century, marking the Bar Kochba revolt and the struggle for national freedom, the day of death of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai and it’s also the day of celebrating his life, (on the day of death it is possible to win the spiritual property of that person). The custom of lighting bonfires was spread as a memorial for two things.
A memory to the rebels who lit beacons of fire on the mountain tops to convey the message of the outbreak of the revolt. The memory of the bonfire of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai ( also known by his acronym Rashbi), was a 2nd-century in ancient Judea, said to be active after the destruction of the Second Temple in 70 CE. He was one of the most eminent disciples of Rabbi Akiva and attributed by many Orthodox Jews with the authorship of the Zohar, the chief work of Kabbalah. In the images, you can see the religious Orthodox praying with their Rabbi. After the prayer, they start dancing and signing the children play by the fire and it's a Mitzvah (an obligation) to light the fire and read words of wisdom. The women are staying far away, looking out of the windows.
This is the story of one night in the streets of the Orthodox city Bnei Brak April 2021
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