Hi Everyone! The Jewish festival "Lag Ba'Omer" is Sunday, May 14, 2017. To avoid Shabbat desecration, bonfires will be on Sunday night May 14 instead of Saturday night. Israeli school vacation for Lag Ba´omer has been postponed by one day, from Sunday, May 14 to Monday, May 15. If you are flying over Israel on Sunday night (May 14) and you look down out of your plane, you will see thousands of bonfires dotting the landscape as far as the eye can see. There are various customs and explanations for these celebrations.
I posted on my website 40 links to learn about "Lag Ba'Omer". The address is: http://www.jr.co.il/hotsites/lag-ba-omer.htm I also created English Hebrew vocabulary sheets at: http://www.english-hebrew-dictionary.com/lag-baomer-1.htm Enjoy the bonfires! FYI: I am currently updating the links for Yom Yerushalayim, Jerusalem Day, which is celebrated this year on May 24, 2017. Education resources: http://www.jr.co.il/hotsites/jerusalem.htm Videos about Jerusalem: http://www.jr.co.il/videos/jerusalem-videos.htm Jerusalem Photo Gallery: http://www.history-of-israel.co.il/jerusalem/index.html English Hebrew Jerusalem Vocabulary: http://www.english-hebrew-dictionary.com/jerusalem-1.htm Please share the links. Thank You! Chag Sameach! Jacob __ Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) ================================== Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: hasaf...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu To join Ha-Safran, update or change your subscription, etc. - click here: https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran Questions, problems, complaints, compliments send to: galro...@osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.service.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html Earlier Listserver: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org -- Hasafran mailing list Hasafran@lists.osu.edu https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran
