Lag Ba’omer celebrates life with carob, haircuts, and bonfires

May 8, 2025 7:08 pm | JPost Op-Eds

 During his rebellion, Bar Kochba reinstituted the practice of using bonfires to signal the new lunar month (photo credit: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM)
The Lag Ba’omer tradition of children playing with bows and arrows is associated with the Bar Kochba revolt. Rabbi Akiva’s students likely died fighting the Romans, not from the plague.
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