Growing up I thought I knew the scoop on L’ag B’Omer . The story I was told was   about Rabbi Akiva’s students who  disrespected one another and then  died in a plague. On  L’ag B’Omer  (the 33rd day of  the Omer count which spans from Passover until  Shavuot) they stopped dying and  we celebrate. Now that I lived in Israel  … Continue reading »