ל״ג בָּעוֹמֶר
Lag BaOmer
LAG ba-O-mer
Meanings
Lag BaOmer33rd day of the Omer
About “Lag BaOmer” in Hebrew
Lag BaOmer falls on the 33rd day of the Omer counting between Passover and Shavuot. It commemorates the end of a plague among Rabbi Akiva's students and the yahrzeit of the mystical sage Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai. In Israel, bonfires are lit across the country, and hundreds of thousands make a pilgrimage to Rabbi Shimon's tomb on Mount Meron.
Example
הִדְלַקְנוּ מְדוּרָה בְּל״ג בָּעוֹמֶר.
We lit a bonfire on Lag BaOmer.
Gematria of “Lag BaOmer” (לג בעומר)
In Hebrew numerology (gematria), each letter has a numerical value. The word לג בעומר (LAG ba-O-mer) has a gematria value of 351.
30ל+
3ג+
2ב+
70ע+
6ו+
40מ+
200ר
=
total351
This word starts with the Hebrew letter lamed.
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