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WorksheetsLag Baomer
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 10mins
Lag BaOmer commemorates:
The day Rabbi Akiva became the leader of the Jews
The passing of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai
The end of the plague that claimed the lives of 24,000 students of Rabbi Akiva
Halfway thru the counting of the Omer
Where did Rabbi Shimon and his son hide?
On top of the mountain
In a Cave
In a tree house
Under a bridge
At what age did Rabbi Akiva start learning Torah?
What is this?
Why do we eat Carobs on Lag Baomer?
A carob tree miraculously grew for Rabbi Shimon and his son, when they hid from the Roman authority
Their tough skin protects their seed, like G-d who protects his nation
The word carob also means many, symbolizing the many teachings of Rabbi Shimon
Rabbi Akiva was a Carob merchant before he became a big scholar
What do you like better?
Potatoes in the bonfire
Marshmallows in the bonfire
carobs חרובים
What book did Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai write?
Tanya
Tehilim
Explanations on the Torah
Zohar
What is something we do on Lag Baomer
Lag Baomer is traditionally celebrated with bonfires because:
Lag means "log" in Yiddish, and the custom developed to celebrate with burning logs
It is a Torah commandment for which no explanation was given
It was on that day that Rashbi taught insights of such spiritual intensity that the entire house was ablaze with spiritual fire
firewood is plentiful in Israel
What day in the Month of Iyar is Lag Baomer?
(a)
What day of the Omer do we count tonight?
(a)
What was Rabbi Akivas job before he became a scholar?
wagon driver
Carob Merchant
He worked in the field
Shepherd
On the day that Rashbi passed away he asked that this day should be celebrated how?
with a bonfire
As a happy day
with a BBQ
As a fast day
Rabbi Shimon's Fathers name was
(a)
The custom of playing with a bow and arrow on Lag Baomer is because
it represents Rabbi Shimons courage
to remember the wars the jews fought with the Romans
No rainbow appeared in the days of Rabbi Shimon
The kids played with bows and arrows when hiding in the caves
