Mourning during the Omer

פרשת קדושים – ט”ו בעמר / ל’ בניסן תשפ”ב

We mourn Rebbe Akiva’s students death during the Omer. The official reason given is that they died from a plague. The reality is that they died fighting the Romans in the Bar-Kochba revolt. It is no accident that Israel Independence day happens during this period.