It is an old custom amongst Jewish children, to become war-like on the 'L'ag Beomer.' They arm themselves from head to foot with wooden swords, pop-guns and bows and arrows. They take food with them, and go off to wage war.
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These are some quotes by Russian author Sholom Aleichem Writer, who lived between March 2, 1859 and May 13, 1916.