Lag Ba'omer The Observance, Laws, and Significance. a Presentation Based on Talmudic and Traditional Sources

It is Lag Ba'Omer. Meron in Israel is aflame with joy and festive bonfires, atingle with song and dance, jammed with shoulder-to-shoulder celebrants, and saturated with the piety of pilgrims absorbing the sanctity of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai's tomb.