Lag BaOmer, the 33rd day of the Omer count is a festive day on the Jewish calendar. Many visit the resting place of  Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai, the first to publicly teach the mystical dimensions of the Torah the anniversary of whose passing is on this day. Additionally, in the weeks between the Jewish holidays of Passover and Shavuot, a plague raged among the disciples of the great sage Rabbi Akiva. These weeks are observed as a period of mourning. On Lag BaOmer the deaths ceased. Thus, Lag BaOmer also carries the theme of loving and respecting one’s fellow. Click here to view classes