Thanks Beverly, You're a star.... Sherry On 02/03/2008, BP Bergman <bergville@clara.net> wrote: > > It is the 33rd day of the Omer. Quoting from Wikipedia > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lag_Ba'omer : > > < "Lag" is not a word. In ancient Hebrew, letters were used for numerals . > . > and the number 33 was therefore written with the letters "lamed" (L, value > 30) and "gimel" (G, value 3), making up "Lag" (33). > > > It is a holiday on which the normal prohibitions of the Omer (wedings, > parties etc) are suspended - hence why a Golden Wedding could be > celebrated > on that day. > >