{"podcast":{"title":"KMTT - the Torah Podcast","slug":"kmtt-the-torah-podcast-323997","podcast_index_feed_id":323997,"rss_url":"https://kmtt.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"http://kmtt.libsyn.com","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/3/2/5/4/3254c7de5b686889/yheicon3.jpg","author":"Yeshivat Har Etzion","episode_count":2606,"summary":"A 30-40 shiur on a Torah topic, every working day, from Yeshivat Har Etzion and the VBM.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-19T00:18:20.483194+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/kmtt-the-torah-podcast-323997"},"episode":{"title":"Lag ba'Omer | What's Behind the Celebration?","slug":"lag-ba-omer-what-s-behind-the-celebration","published_at":"2026-05-06T06:59:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/kmtt-the-torah-podcast-323997/lag-ba-omer-what-s-behind-the-celebration","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/kmtt-the-torah-podcast-323997","url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/kmtt/LagBaOmer5786_RYEtshalom.mp3","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/kmtt/LagBaOmer5786_RYEtshalom.mp3?dest-id=12657","summary":"Lag ba'Omer | What's Behind the Celebration? by Rav Yitzchak Etshalom The celebration of Lag ba'Omer is as much of a mystery as the prevailing practices in the period that leads up to it. We examine the two popular explanations - the cessation of the death of R. Akiva's students and the \"Yahrzeit\" of R. Shim'on bar Yochai - and demonstrate that neither explanation is reasonable, period-documented or satisfactory. Looking into the earliest source where the date of 18 Iyar appears, we discover a surprising (possible) explanation which puts Lag ba'Omer into a new light. Source sheet >>","meta_description":"Lag ba'Omer | What's Behind the Celebration? by Rav Yitzchak Etshalom The celebration of Lag ba'Omer is as much of a mystery as the prevailing practices i…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1938,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/kmtt-the-torah-podcast-323997/episodes/lag-ba-omer-what-s-behind-the-celebration/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/kmtt-the-torah-podcast-323997/lag-ba-omer-what-s-behind-the-celebration.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}