Category: bartenura
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I didn’t find it
rabbi sedley
I was taken in by historical revisionism. I thought the Bartenura was an early source for the custom of bonfires on Lag B’Omer (and I know I said I wouldn’t talk about bonfires any more, but this is about the dangers of revisionism and how stupid I am).I even cited the Bartenura correctly, that he… Read more
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I found it
rabbi sedley
I found it! I found a source for lighting fires on Lag B’Omer that goes back earlier than a few decades.Rabbi Ovadiah Bartenura travelled to Israel and wrote letters to his brother back in Spain. These are published as Darkei Tzion, and are available online at HebrewBooks.org. If you look on page 17b (which is… Read more