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== Lag BaOmer ==
{{Main|Lag BaOmer}}
According to some [[Rishonim]], it is the day on which the plague that killed [[Rabbi Akiva]]'s 24,000 disciples came to an end, and for this reason the mourning period of [[Sefirat HaOmer]] concludes on Lag BaOmer in many communities.{{sfnp|Walter|2018|p=192}}

According to modern [[kabbalistic]] tradition, this day is the [[Hillula of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai|Celebration]] of [[Simeon ben Yohai|Simeon ben Yochai]] and/or the anniversary of his death. According to a [[late-medieval]] tradition, Simeon ben Yochai is buried in Meron, and this association has spawned several well-known customs and practices on Lag BaOmer, including the lighting of [[bonfire]]s and pilgrimages to [[Meron, Israel|Meron]].<ref name="Brodt">{{cite web |last=Brodt |first=Eliezer |title=A Printing Mistake and the Mysterious Origins of Rashbi's Yahrzeit |url=https://seforimblog.com/2011/05/printing-mistake-and-mysterious-origins/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200513133221/https://seforimblog.com/2011/05/printing-mistake-and-mysterious-origins/ |archive-date=13 May 2020 |access-date=7 May 2015 |website=seforimblog.com |date=19 May 2011 }}</ref>[[File:Rashbi.jpg|thumb|right|225px|Mark (behind blue fence) over cave in which Rabbi Ele'azar bar Shim'on is buried. This main hall is [[Mechitza|divided in half]] in order to separate between men and women.]]