Lag B'Omer

The fraud of the Talmud did not end when the book was finished. New fictional “holidays” were instituted by rabbis well after the days of the Talmud.

One such day is the lag B'Omer or 33^rd day of the alleged counting of the Omer. It is not enough that the rabbis perverted the Torah commandment to count the Omer from the day after Shabbat, i.e. Sunday, they also went further in instituting a period of mourning during the Omer, and a ridiculous fire-festival called Lag b'Omer.

The rabbinical narrative is something like this. 24,000 students of rabbi Akiva died during this period, and hence we must mourn them for 33 days. The plague stopped miraculously on the 33^rd day, and hence we can stop our mourning period on that day. This is essentially a rabbinic Ramadan. Another explanation they give is that these 24K students did not treat each other respectfully, and hence they died as a punishment. Finally, some suggest that they actually died in the rebellion of bar Kochba.

An alternative view, and one more consistent with the Torah might provide a more rational view of these events. Firstly, there are many plagues and wars recorded in the TanaKh, yet we do not have any special mourning periods for them. Even the Fasts are disputed by Zechariah Hanavi.

Next, if there is any veracity to this story, then the 24K students of Akiva were evil men who died for their sins. The fact that they died during the Omer is proof that they were not counting the Omer correctly, and hence were punished as a sign to future generations. The mourning for them is a complete sin, and this period is a special period from Hag Hamatzot to Shavuot, and there is no permission to create an artificial mourning period. Why, in fact, are people required to mourn for wicked people, such as Akiva's students?

Lag B'omer is an equally artificial day. But the psychology behind it is typical of rabbinical tyranny. The idea of piling on repressive restrictions on the population, and then creating a false fire-fest, is a totally pagan practice. In fact, some rationalist rabbis such as Maimonides do not even mention the mourning of the Omer.

In summary, the “tragedy” of the 24K is sign, a reminder of Divine providence. The temple was destroyed because of the perversion of the Rabbinic religion, and its wicked followers were cut down because they continued in this evil path. The correct Omer observance begins form the morrow after the Shabbat, and 7 Shabbatot Temimot should counted. Temimot implies that this should b done with joy.
טו  וּסְפַרְתֶּם לָכֶם, מִמָּחֳרַת הַשַּׁבָּת, מִיּוֹם הֲבִיאֲכֶם, אֶת-עֹמֶר הַתְּנוּפָה:  שֶׁבַע שַׁבָּתוֹת, תְּמִימֹת תִּהְיֶינָה. 15 And ye shall count unto you from the morrow after the day of rest, from the day that ye brought the sheaf of the waving; seven weeks shall there be complete;