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Rabbi Akiva

Haredi Jews watch preperations for the Lag B'Omer festivities at the Shimon HaTzadik tomb in Jerusalem on May 22, 2024. (Photo by Arie Leib Abrams/FLASH90)
May 25, 2024, 8:12 am
Fearing Hezbollah in north, state moves Lag B’Omer event to East Jerusalem flashpoint
With Mt. Meron in the Galilee closed due to missile fears, 30,000 pilgrims are expected to stream into the Shimon HaTzadik tomb in Sheikh Jarrah on Saturday night and Sunday
By Canaan Lidor
Moshe Mordechai Elhadad, 12 at the time of his death in 2021, is one of the 45 people who perished in the Mount Meron disaster in northern Israel on Lag B'Omer. (Courtesy of Shimon Elhadad)
May 3, 2023, 8:30 pm
On Meron disaster anniversary, relatives of victims connect to the site ‘even more’
Still processing the loss of 45 lives during 2021 pilgrimage, family members of the deceased say the tragedy has only strengthened their devotion to the event
By Canaan Lidor
Harold Goldmeier
January 19, 2018, 8:08 pm
Harold Goldmeier
Rabbi Akiva as deadbeat husband
In The Orchard, novelist Yochi Brandes reams the revered sage for choosing fulltime Torah study over his family
Rachel Sharansky Danziger
May 14, 2017, 3:00 pm
Rachel Sharansky Danziger
She went to Rome and found Jerusalem
Emperor Hadrian might be startled by how well Rabbi Akiva’s legacy survived Rome’s supression of the Bar Kochba revolt
Aaron Koller
May 7, 2017, 3:24 pm
Aaron Koller
When the rabbis fail
On Bar Kokhba and the Holocaust: How the leadership erred, steering the people to their destruction
Prayer (illustrative image: Shutterstock)
September 13, 2013, 5:02 pm
Why I’m not apologizing to everyone this year
Yom Kippur, personal salvation, and the cardinal sin of solipsism
By Elie Leshem
Ross Singer
January 27, 2013, 10:18 am
Ross Singer
Why Yair Lapid is good news for Torah study
The effort of making a living trains one to exert oneself with diligence — in the yeshiva study hall, as well
Mois Navon
January 4, 2013, 1:22 am
Mois Navon
Shemot: Between emotional empathy and rational empathy
In this week’s Torah reading, Moses hides his face from God, perhaps preserving his capacity for compassion
At the entrance to the tomb of Rabbi Meir Ba'al Haness (photo credit: Shmuel Bar-am)
September 3, 2012, 8:46 am
At the tombs of the sages in Tiberias, legends and folk tales come alive
The steam that rises from the road to greet you underlines the unique spirit of this ancient rabbinical town
By Aviva and Shmuel Bar-Am
Revelers on Mount Meron for Lag Ba'omer Wednesday. (photo credit:Serge Attal/Flash90)
May 10, 2012, 2:16 pm
Fire, rain and a rocket accompany Lag Ba’omer festivities across country
Hundreds of thousands celebrate with bonfires and visits to Mount Meron; about 150 require medical treatment
By Asher Zeiger
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