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May 5

Christian
Observed on May 5, 2026
  • Lag BaOmerJewish

    Lag BaOmer, a festive day in the Omer period associated with Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai.

YahrzeitsHebrew-calendar remembrances

The Hebrew anniversary of a passing drifts against the civil calendar; these fall on May 5 this year.

  • Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai (Rashbi)d. 160 CE

    Mishnaic sage; traditionally linked to the Zohar — Traditionally observed on Lag BaOmer.

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  • R. Moshe Isserles (the Rema)d. 1572 CE

    Author of the Mapah, Ashkenazi glosses to the Shulchan Aruch; died on Lag BaOmer

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  1. 1504 CEChristian · born

    Polish cardinal and Counter-Reformation theologian Stanislaus Hosius, a papal legate at the Council of Trent, was born in Krakow.

  2. 1813 CEChristian · born

    Danish Lutheran philosopher and theologian Soren Kierkegaard, a founding figure of Christian existentialist thought, was born in Copenhagen.

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