[lahg boh-mer, buh-oh-mer] 
| a Jewish festival celebrated on the 18th day of Iyar, being the 33rd day of the Omer, traditionally in commemoration of the end of the plague that killed Rabbi Akiba's students or of the bravery of Bar Kokba. |
| Lag b'O·mer (läg' bō'mər, läg' bə-ō'měr) n. A Jewish feast celebrated on the 33rd day of the Omer (the 18th day of Iyar). [Mishnaic Hebrew lag bā-'ōmer : lag, 33rd (from the numerical values of the letters l, 30 and g, 3) + bā, in the (bə, in + hā, the) + 'ōmer, the Omer; see omer.] |