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Lag ba-Omer (18 Iyyar) Readings

Lag ba-Omer (18 Iyyar) Readings

The 33rd day of the Omer, corresponding to 18 Iyyar, is closely associated with resistance to the Roman occupation following the destruction of the second Temple, the revolt of Bar Kochba, and the impositions of state-sanctioned Christianity after the ascent of Emperor Constantine. Indeed, the day was initially commemorated as a fast day in response to the veneration of the death of a certain "Joshua" and possibly too, the occurrence of an especially ominous earthquake on that day in year 363 CE. As Lag ba-Omer has no official liturgical readings established for the day, we will offer in this space those extra-canonical megillot which attest to the significance of the day in the cultural memory of rabbinic Judaism.

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🆕 📃 נִסְתָּרוֹת רֶבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן בֶּן יוֹחַאי | Nistarot (Secrets of) Rebbi Shimōn ben Yoḥai (ca. 8th c.)

The Secrets of Rebbi Shimōn ben Yoḥai is a pseudepigraphal record of the divine visions of the second-century rabbi, Shimon ben Yoḥai. Scholarly opinion about the date of its composition is divided. Adolf Jellinek thought it was likely authored during the time of the Crusades, while Heinrich Graetz thought it was likely composed in the mid-8th century. The visions described in the secrets portrays the Yishmaelites being led by a violent saviour of the Jews from the hegemony of the Byzantine Empire. It describes the events and rulers of the eighth-century Umayyad Empire, as well as eight-century battles between the Byzantines (known in the text as the Ḳenites or the Kingdom of Edōm) and the Umayyads (known in it as the Kingdom of Yishmael).

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Lag ba-Omer (18 Iyyar) Readings

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46th century A.M., 8th century C.E., eschaton, geonic period, Needing Vocalization, pseudepigrapha, Umayyad Caliphate

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (transcription), John C. Reeves (translation) and Unknown

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Isaiah 66:14 inscription below Robinson's Arch, Western Wall, Jerusalem: וראיתם ושש לבכם ועצמותיכם כדשא (תפרחנה) -- "You shall see, and your heart shall rejoice, and their bones like grass (shall flourish).”

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