Minor date
Lag BaOmer
ל״ג בעומר
The thirty-third day of the Omer count, a break in the spring mourning period. Bonfires, weddings and first haircuts.
Until it begins
In 251 days
- Begins on the evening of
- Ends
- Length
- One day
- Minor date
- In the Hebrew calendar
- 18 Iyar
- 5787
About the holiday
The Omer, the seven weeks between Passover and Shavuot, is kept as a stretch of semi-mourning: no weddings, no haircuts, no music. On its thirty-third day the mourning lifts for a day, by a tradition that a plague among Rabbi Akiva’s students stopped then. Bonfires are lit after dark, three-year-olds get their first haircut, and all the weddings that were waiting happen at once.
Dates for the coming years
The exact candle-lighting time depends on sunset where you are. Check with your local community.