Lag B'Omer Bonfire in Jerusalem

Lag B’Omer

Rabbi Shimon bar-Yoḥai refused to accept Roman dominion over Judea. As a fugitive from the empire, he hid out in a cave where the legendary Eliyahu taught him the Torah’s deepest secrets.

Xerxes I as depicted in the film 300

Breaking Free from Aḥashverosh

The objective shouldn’t have been greater proximity to power – to replace Haman with Mordekhai as prime minister – but rather the dismantling of an unjust system and a mass return to Jerusalem.