Friday | May 1 | 5 pm

Free to attend, hot dogs available for purchase

Join us for an evening celebrating Lag B'Omer.  Children will have the opportunity to explore the themes of Lag B'Omer through hands-on sensory experiences and loose parts play.  We will bring in the light of Shabbat together and enjoy a camp-out style dinner. Hot dogs, chips, and fruit will be available for purchase. 

Hot Dog Dinner: Hot dogs, chips, and fruit dinner will be available. To avoid taking payment on Shabbat, we request that you pre-order your dinner when you RSVP.

$5/person or $20/family of 4

 

What is Lag B'Omer?

Lag B'Omer is a break from the mourning period of Omer (Passover - Shavuot). Modern Jewish tradition connects the holiday to the Bar Kokhba revolt against the Roman Empire (132-135CE). It is a celebration that symbolizes our fighting Jewish spirit. Agriculturally, the Omer period tracks the harvest. The beginning of the barley harvest to the end of the wheat harvest. It also tracks the Jewish people's exodus from Egypt to the giving of the Torah.

We celebrate by having picnics, lighting bonfires, getting haircuts, and holding Jewish weddings and other festive events.