lag b'omer

1. 1.

   (Judaism) Jewish holy day; the 33rd day after the 2nd day of Passover; the 18th day of Iyar

   BroaderJewish holy day

   Part ofIyar

   Judaism

Questions about lag b'omer

What does lag b'omer mean?

lag b'omer means "(Judaism) Jewish holy day; the 33rd day after the 2nd day of Passover; the 18th day of Iyar".

Is lag b'omer a common word?

lag b'omer is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.