Lag BaOmer
2 things allowed to take place on Lag BaOmer
What are weddings and haircuts?
The numerical value of חי
What is 18?
A fire that did not consume its object.
What is the burning bush?
Largest cave in the U.S.
What is Mammoth Cave?
The number of tribes.
What are 12?
Famous rebellion associated with Lag BaOmer.
What is the Bar Kochba Rebellion?
It is the Tu (ט"ו) in Tu Bishvat
What is 15?
What is a pillar of fire?
They are the mineral deposits that hang from the top of caves.
What are stalactites?
The number of days Moses spent on Mt. Sinai.
What are 40?
There was a pause on Lag BaOmer to the plague that had killed 1000's of his students.
Who is Rabbi Akiva?
It's the Lag (לג) of Lag BaOmer
What is 33?
The Israelites were instructed to do this with any leftover lamb from the Passover offering.
What was burn it?
He hid in a cave for 12 years to escape the Romans.
Who is Shimon Bar Yochai?
Moses' age at his death.
What is 120?
It is said that this first appeared in the wilderness on Lag BaOmer.
What is manna?
The last 2 letters of Hanukkah (חנכה) tell you the Hebrew date.
What is 25?
The prophet who discredited the prophets of Baal by burning a sacrifice with fire from God.
Who is Elijah?
The technical term for caving.
What is spelunking?
The number of stars in Joseph's dream.
What are 11?
Many Israelis visit his tomb in Meron on Lag BaOmer.
Who is Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai?
This תשפ"א is the Hebrew shorthand for what on the calendar.
What is the Hebrew year?
This was announced using bonfires on hilltops during Temple times,
What is Rosh Hodesh (new month)?
The name of the cave in which the patriarchs and most of the matriarchs are buried.
What is Machpelah?
The number of Israelites that left Egypt.
What is 600,000?