Lag Baomer BBQ

Upcoming event. Save the date Tuesday, May 12th

Lag B’Omer – A Mysticaly Joyous Day Commemorating The Passing of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai The Author of the ZOHAR Come Celebrate as a Community Tuesday, May 12th
7:30pm @ Franklin Park 618 St. John’s Place, Brooklyn, NY
(between Classon Ave. and Franklin Ave.) Take the 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 to Franklin Ave.

Lag BaOmer — this year, May 12, 2009 — is a festive day on the Jewish calendar, celebrating the anniversary of the passing of the great sage and mystic Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai, author of the Zohar. It also commemorates another event. In the weeks between Passover and Shavuot, a plague raged amongst the disciples of the great sage Rabbi Akiva. On Lag BaOmer the dying ceased. Click here to read more…