Lag B'Omer questions. Have fun answering!!

בס"ד
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Find the answers to these questions: Look on the Website listed,

http://judaism.about.com/od/omer/f/omer_what.htm

1. What is an Omer?
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2. What is Sefirat HaOmer?
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3. Why do we Count the Omer?
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4. Why do we mourn during the Counting of the Omer?

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5. What is Lag B'Omer?
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6. How do we celebrate Lag B'Omer?

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http://www.jewfaq.org/holidayb.htm


7. .What dates will Lag B'omer fall on in the year 2010?

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http://myjewishlearning.com/holidays/Shavuot/TO_Shavuot_Community/Isaacs_Omer_654/Lag_BaOmer.htm


8. Who did Rabbi Akiva believe to be the Messiah?


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9. What is the connection between the Manna and Lag B'omer?


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http://www.jafi.org.il/education/FESTIVLS/shavuot/lagba.html


10. What is the reason for bows and arrows?


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Back to School in June!

The student strike is over, and boy is there a lot of work to do!!
When I was at UCLA over 20 years ago, the routine was go to class, take notes , take the Final!
Now, there are projects to do, papers to write and teach classes. But all in all, going to univeristy in the 21st century is a lot easier than it was in the 1980's.
The information is much easier to obtain, I don't have to go to the library to find biographies, and if I do go to the library, the records of the books that I took out are on the Internet so writing a bibliography is much easier! I'm in the middle of a powerpoint presentation, that I'll post on my Website: http://r.a.orbach/googlepages. Gotta go!

The View from Jerusalem

Well, the student strike is still going on, and I need to get back to school to finish my teacher's credential. There is also a Junior High Strike going on, so that is also in my way, because I'm doing my student teaching in the Junior High School of Leyada, next to the Givat Ram Hebrew University campus.

Last night there was a huge demonstration, and many students were arrested. Will this really help to finish the negotiations? I'm not sure.

What is most important is that the semester gets underway and that I can start to work next Fall as an English teacher.

Thanks for reading!!

Rachael