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On the day of Lag BeOmer we increase our level of celebration a little.<ref>Rama 493:2. See Chatom Sofer YD 233 writes that those who celebrate Lag Baomer for a pure intention are going to be blessed but he personally wouldn't join them because we can't establish a new Yom Tov after the destruction of the Bet Hamikdash (see Pri Chadash OC 496:14 based on Rosh Hashana 18b). </ref> Some of the reasons for this practice include: on Lag BaOmer the students of Rabbi Akiva stopped dying, <ref>Biur Halacha 493:2, Meiri Yevamot 62b, Kitzur S”A 120:6, Shelah Pesachim 525 </ref> Lag BaOmer is the Hilulah (anniversary of the passing) of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai,<ref>Chida in Moreh Etzbah 223 (see also Chida in Marit Ayin "Likkutim" 7), Chayei Adam Moadim 131:11, Bnei Yissaschar Chodesh Iyar 3:3 </ref> Lag BaOmer is the day that Rabbi Akiva gave Semicha to his new students <ref>Pri Chadash 493, Kaf HaChaim 493:26 </ref>, and is the day that the Maan began to fall in the desert. <Ref>See Sh”t Chatom Sofer YD 233 who says that they first ate up their food for 30 days since they left Egypt and then didn't have food for three days and then they complained and maan fell. See however, Gemara Shabbat 87b and Rashi Shemot 16:1 which state that maan started on the 16th of Iyar when their 30 day food supply ran out. </ref>
On the day of Lag BeOmer we increase our level of celebration a little.<ref>Rama 493:2. See Chatom Sofer YD 233 writes that those who celebrate Lag Baomer for a pure intention are going to be blessed but he personally wouldn't join them because we can't establish a new Yom Tov after the destruction of the Bet Hamikdash (see Pri Chadash OC 496:14 based on Rosh Hashana 18b). </ref> Some of the reasons for this practice include: on Lag BaOmer the students of Rabbi Akiva stopped dying, <ref>Biur Halacha 493:2, Meiri Yevamot 62b, Kitzur S”A 120:6, Shelah Pesachim 525 </ref> Lag BaOmer is the Hilulah (anniversary of the passing) of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai,<ref>Chida in Moreh Etzbah 223 (see also Chida in [http://www.hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=24637&st=&pgnum=156 Marit Ayin "Likkutim" 7]), Chayei Adam Moadim 131:11, Bnei Yissaschar Chodesh Iyar 3:3 </ref> Lag BaOmer is the day that Rabbi Akiva gave Semicha to his new students <ref>Pri Chadash 493, Kaf HaChaim 493:26 </ref>, and is the day that the Maan began to fall in the desert. <Ref>See Sh”t Chatom Sofer YD 233 who says that they first ate up their food for 30 days since they left Egypt and then didn't have food for three days and then they complained and maan fell. See however, Gemara Shabbat 87b and Rashi Shemot 16:1 which state that maan started on the 16th of Iyar when their 30 day food supply ran out. </ref>
 
==Tefillah==
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# [[Tachanun]] is omitted on Lag BaOmer. It is also omitted at [[Mincha]] of the day before Lag BaOmer. <Ref>Rama 493:2, Kaf HaChaim 493:28, Mishna Brurah 493:9, Natai Gavriel ([[Pesach]] vol 3, 58:3) </ref>
# [[Tachanun]] is omitted on Lag BaOmer. It is also omitted at [[Mincha]] of the day before Lag BaOmer. <Ref>Rama 493:2, Kaf HaChaim 493:28, Mishna Brurah 493:9, Natai Gavriel ([[Pesach]] vol 3, 58:3) </ref>