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Lag B'Omer: Holiday of Synthesis

Lag B'Omer: Holiday of Synthesis

Finding the Happy Medium Between Hyper-Politicization and Quietism

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May 19, 2022
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Today is Lag B'Omer, a folkloric Jewish holiday that celebrates two things: 1) the life of Shimon Bar Yochai, purported author of my namesake, the Zohar 2) the abatement of a plague that killed 24,000 students of Rabbi Akiva. How do these two relate to one another?

Rabbi Akiva and Shimon Bar Yochai both opposed Rome. Rabbi Akiva opposed Rome by backing t…

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