EPISODE · May 4, 2026 · 28 MIN
What's with the burning of clothes at Meron on Lag b'Omer?
from Jewish History with Rabbi Dr. Dovid Katz · host Rabbi Dr. Dovid Katz
Throwing clothes onto a coffin was an (incorrect but emotionally understandable) practice in Talmudic days expressing an excess of grief. With Rashbi (described as ascending to Heaven in a Pillar of Fire), the tossing of clothes morphed into burning them to celebrate his unique petirah.
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