Lag b'Omer

Lag b'O·mer  (läg bmr, läg b-mr)

n.

A Jewish feast celebrated on the 33rd day of the Omer (the 18th day of Iyar).

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[Mishnaic Hebrew lag b-'mer : lag, 33rd (from the numerical values of the letters l, 30 and g, 3) + b, in the (b, in + h, the) + 'mer, the Omer; see omer.]

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Lag b'Omer - (Judaism) Jewish holy day; the 33rd day after the 2nd day of Passover; the 18th day of Iyar Judaism - the monotheistic religion of the Jews having its spiritual and ethical principles embodied chiefly in the Torah and in the Talmud Jewish holy day - a religious holiday for Jews Iyar, Iyyar - the eighth month of the civil year; the second month of the ecclesiastical year (in April and May)