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Lag BaOmer (Hebrew: ל״ג בעומר) also known as Lag LaOmer is a Jewish holiday celebrated on the 33rd day of the Counting of the Omer which occurs on the 18th day of the Hebrew month of Iyar.This day marks the hillula (celebration interpreted by some as anniversary of death) of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai a Mishnaic sage and leading disciple of Rabbi Akiva in the 2nd century and the day on which he revealed the deepest secrets of kabbalah in the form of the Zohar (Book of Splendor) a landmark text of Jewish mysticism.
