he was the first to publicly teach the mystical aspect of judaism (the kabbalah) and is the author of it's definitive work, the zohar. the omer is a period of extended mourning that starts after the end of passover, commemorating a plauge that killed many of the students of rabbi akiva due to the fact that they 'did not act respectfully towards each other.' lag baomer marks the end of this period of mourning, as well as the anniversary of the death of rabbi shimon bar yochai, who instructed his disciples to mark as a day of celebration.
the omer is not a period of mourning, it is the perios of the counting of days from the second day of passover until shavuot (the holiday of the acceptance of the torah) a 33 day period of mourning does however coincide with the counting of the omer.
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and, I suppose this rabbi was a very prominent figure?
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the omer is a period of extended mourning that starts after the end of passover, commemorating a plauge that killed many of the students of rabbi akiva due to the fact that they 'did not act respectfully towards each other.'
lag baomer marks the end of this period of mourning, as well as the anniversary of the death of rabbi shimon bar yochai, who instructed his disciples to mark as a day of celebration.
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a 33 day period of mourning does however coincide with the counting of the omer.
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