‘LAG B’OMER’, A SYMBOL OF NATIONAL FREEDOM

 

Leviticus 23:15-16: “And you shall count for yourselves from the day after the Sabbath, from the day that you brought the sheaf of the wave offering: seven Sabbaths shall be completed. 16 Count fifty days to the day after the seventh Sabbath; then you shall offer a new grain offering to the LORD.” 

 

On the 5th of May 2026, Jewish people all over the world will celebrate ‘Lag B’Omer’. ‘Lag B’Omer’ is Hebrew shorthand for the 33rd day of the ‘Omer’. ‘Lag’, or L"G are the Hebrew numerals for 33. It falls on the 33rd day of the counting of the ‘Omer’ (the amount of days as counted from the second day of ‘Pesach (Passover) until the holiday of ‘Shavuot’.) This corresponds to the 18th day of the Hebrew month of ‘Iyar’.

 

An ‘omer’ is a measure of barley which is equal to about 3.64 litres. However the Jewish Study Bible places the ‘omer’ at about 2.3 litres.

In Biblical times on the second day of Passover, it was a commandment to bring barley the size of an ‘omer’ to the Temple in Jerusalem. Then fifty days later, on ‘Shavuot’ (Pentecost), it was a commandment to bring the first offering of the wheat harvest.

 

 

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