Lag BaOmer 2022

May 2022 Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Mothers Day Sunday May 8 -1 years, -11 months, -15 days or -716 days 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Lag BaOmer Thursday May 19 -1 years, -11 months, -4 days or -705 days 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Ascension Day Thursday May 26 -1 years, -10 months, -28 days or -698 days 27 28 29 30 Memorial Day Monday May 30 31

Lag BaOmer for the year 2022 is celebrated/ observed on sundown of May 18 ending at sundown on Thursday, May 19.

Lag BaOmer in the Hebrew calendar falls on the 18th of Iyar. The day celebrates the death and life of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai who was a Mishnaic sage back in the 2nd century.

Why do Jewish holidays start at nighttime?

According to the Torah, the story of creation in Genesis says “And it was evening, and it was morning day one”, “And it was evening, and it was morning; the second day”, thus night comes before day. So for the Jewish calendar all days begin at nightfall and end the next day at nightfall including holidays.

Days to Lag Baomer 2022

Thursday, May 19th is day number 139 of the 2022 calendar year with -1 year, -11 months, -4 days until Lag BaOmer 2022.