Please note that the posts on The Blogs are contributed by third parties. The opinions, facts and any media content in them are presented solely by the authors, and neither The Times of Israel nor its partners assume any responsibility for them. Please contact us in case of abuse. In case of abuse, Lag B’omer is the date of my father’s, Gustav Schonfeld’s, yahrzeit. It is now a decade since he has passed and since I have felt his warm embrace or heard his voice. I have missed him so often these last 10 years! There are so many times that I wanted to share various simchas (happy occasions), seek his advice or discuss books or current events.