Lag BaOmer 2016

May 2016 Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 1 2 3 4 5 Ascension Day Thursday May 5 -8 years, -5 months, -25 days or -3100 days 6 7 8 Mothers Day Sunday May 8 -8 years, -5 months, -22 days or -3097 days 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Pentecost Sunday May 15 -8 years, -5 months, -15 days or -3090 days 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Lag BaOmer Thursday May 26 -8 years, -5 months, -4 days or -3079 days 27 28 29 30 Memorial Day Monday May 30 31

Lag BaOmer for the year 2016 is celebrated/ observed on sundown of Wednesday, May 25th ending at sundown on Thursday, May 26th.

Lag BaOmer in the Hebrew calendar falls on the 18th of Iyar. The day celebrates the death and life of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai who was a Mishnaic sage back in the 2nd century.

Why do Jewish holidays start at nighttime?

According to the Torah, the story of creation in Genesis says “And it was evening, and it was morning day one”, “And it was evening, and it was morning; the second day”, thus night comes before day. So for the Jewish calendar all days begin at nightfall and end the next day at nightfall including holidays.

Days to Lag Baomer 2016

Thursday, May 26th is day number 147 of the 2016 calendar year with -8 years, -5 months, -4 days until Lag BaOmer 2016.