Hi there,

Yes its another Jewish holiday, you may or may not have heard of it.

Its called Lag BaOmer - the 33rd (in hebrew letters and numbers are the same -Lamed is 30 and Gimmel 3 = Lag - 33) day of the Omer count.

We are celebrating two episodes: the day a mass pandemic that killed 24,000 students of Rabbi Akivah ended. And the day the author of the Zohar, Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai, passed away.

The theme of the day ties together these two episodes.

Lag BOmer is about the spiritual soul (energy) inside each of us and in every object we interact with. Kabbalah reveals this hidden world to us and gives us a peek behind the mystical curtain.

The Talmud explains that Rabbi Akiva's students died because they disrespected each other. Simply put - they didn't feel the depth of spirit towards each other which inevitably led to their inability to respect each other.

Click here for a deeper read on the meaning of Lag BOmer - How to Avoid Fanaticism, by Rabbi Akiva and His Students

Wishing you an uplifting Shabbat,

Rabbi Mendy & Mussy

p.s. As always, we would love to chat with you over coffee or drinks, about Judaism, or just life - reply to this email.

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Vintage footage of the 1957 Lag B'omer Parade in front of 770, Chabad World Headquarters. 

Beginning in the 1950s, the Rebbe encouraged Jewish children to join together in grand Lag B'omer parades as a show of Jewish unity and pride. Held in front of 770, the parades attracted - and still attract - thousands of children from all walks of life.

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