sd gross
05-02-2010, 10:15 AM
:Mr.Natural:I've always been a secular Jew and grew up without learning the significance of various "holidays". The following is an homage to my failure to at least look into these things.
stephen
LAG B'OMER
(to the tune of "Tammy")
Lag Bomer's coming
and isn't it cool?
Sammy, Sammy stays home from school
What is it's meaning
He hasn't a clue
Sammy, Sammy he's glad he's a Jew
Sammy you're youthful
there's no hint of Doom
Sam goes to Temple (to use the restroom)
What those strange words mean
Sam has no idea
Sammy Sammy - he loves Lag B'omer
cho.
If the food is very good
he'll stay all day
But if there's just lots of words
Sam doesn't like to pray
The other kids go to class
Sam gets to sleep late
Sammy loves Lag B'omer
he's circled the date
Drink your milk Sammy
Eat your ham and swiss
Aren't you happy Sam-
we gave you a Bris?
Now we have Wikipedia and getting an "education" has become quick and easy!
So, in case (like I was) you're curious:
The 33rd day of the Counting of the Omer is Lag BaOmer. The origins of the Omer count are found in the Torah itself, in Leviticus 23:15-16, which states that it is a mitzvah to count seven complete weeks from the day after Passover night ending with the festival of Shavuot on the fiftieth day.
The Talmud[3] states that during the time of Rabbi Akiva 24,000 of his students died from a divine-sent plague during the counting of the Omer. The Talmud then goes on to say that this was because they did not show proper respect to one another, befitting their level; they begrudged each other the spiritual levels attained by their comrades. Jews celebrate Lag BaOmer, the 33rd day of the count, as the traditional day that this plague ended
As restrictions of mourning are lifted on this 33rd day of the Omer, weddings, parties, listening to music, and haircuts are commonly scheduled to coincide with this day. Families go on picnics and outings. Children go out to the fields with their teachers with bows and (rubber-tipped) arrows. Tachanun, the prayer for special Divine mercy on one's behalf is not said, because when God is showing one a "smiling face," so to speak, as He does especially on the holidays, there is no need to ask for special mercy.
stephen
LAG B'OMER
(to the tune of "Tammy")
Lag Bomer's coming
and isn't it cool?
Sammy, Sammy stays home from school
What is it's meaning
He hasn't a clue
Sammy, Sammy he's glad he's a Jew
Sammy you're youthful
there's no hint of Doom
Sam goes to Temple (to use the restroom)
What those strange words mean
Sam has no idea
Sammy Sammy - he loves Lag B'omer
cho.
If the food is very good
he'll stay all day
But if there's just lots of words
Sam doesn't like to pray
The other kids go to class
Sam gets to sleep late
Sammy loves Lag B'omer
he's circled the date
Drink your milk Sammy
Eat your ham and swiss
Aren't you happy Sam-
we gave you a Bris?
Now we have Wikipedia and getting an "education" has become quick and easy!
So, in case (like I was) you're curious:
The 33rd day of the Counting of the Omer is Lag BaOmer. The origins of the Omer count are found in the Torah itself, in Leviticus 23:15-16, which states that it is a mitzvah to count seven complete weeks from the day after Passover night ending with the festival of Shavuot on the fiftieth day.
The Talmud[3] states that during the time of Rabbi Akiva 24,000 of his students died from a divine-sent plague during the counting of the Omer. The Talmud then goes on to say that this was because they did not show proper respect to one another, befitting their level; they begrudged each other the spiritual levels attained by their comrades. Jews celebrate Lag BaOmer, the 33rd day of the count, as the traditional day that this plague ended
As restrictions of mourning are lifted on this 33rd day of the Omer, weddings, parties, listening to music, and haircuts are commonly scheduled to coincide with this day. Families go on picnics and outings. Children go out to the fields with their teachers with bows and (rubber-tipped) arrows. Tachanun, the prayer for special Divine mercy on one's behalf is not said, because when God is showing one a "smiling face," so to speak, as He does especially on the holidays, there is no need to ask for special mercy.