About this episode

This episode discusses the significance of Lag Ba’Omer and the lessons derived from the lives of Rabbi Akiva and Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochi.

Lag Ba’Omer is a unique day in the Jewish calendar. It’s a minor festival celebrated in surprising ways for surprising reasons: on this day, the plague that was ravaging the the students of Rabbi Akiva ceased. On this day as well, Rabbi Akiva’s prize student, Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochi, died. The death of a great […]

People in this episode

Host: Rabbi Yaakov Wolbe

Topics covered

• Lag Ba'Omer
• Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochi
• Rabbi Akiva
• Jewish festivals
• spiritual lessons

Keywords

• Lag Ba'Omer
• Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochi
• Rabbi Akiva
• Jewish calendar
• minor festival

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