1) We find in Chazal that Pesach Sheini is referred to as a Chag.
The Midrash (quoted in Yalkut Shimoni Parashas Pinchas Perek 29) states as follows:
"Rebbi Levi says: In every one of the summer months Hashem wanted to establish a Chag for the Jews. In Nisan He gave them Pesach, in Iyar He gave then Pesach Katan..." (See the entire Midrash for more details)
2) Some people have the custom to eat Matzah on Pesach Sheini to commemorate the Korban Pesach that was brought on this day which was eaten with Matzah.
Some people avoid eating roasted meat on the eve of the 15th of Iyar, just as it's prohibited to eat roasted meat on the eve of the 15th of Nisan, while others only avoid roasted lamb which is prepared as the Korban pesach was. (See commentary of the Rashash to Mishna Pesachim 53a and Kaf HaCahim Siman 476:1)
Halachos for Shabbos Kodesh
1) The thirty third day of the Omer, the 18th of Iyar, is referred to as "Lag B'Omer" and the early sources already treat this day as a special day, as a kind of Yom Tov. (See Sefer HaManhig page 91a and Meiri to Yevamos 62b)
The Tur (Siman 493:3) states that the Talmidim of Rav Akiva stopped dying on Lag B'Omer.
2) However, the Talmud (Yevamos 62b) clearly states that they died from Pesach all the way until Shavuos. If that is so, what then is the significance of the 33rd day of the Omer and why does the Tur write that they stopped dying on that day?
The MaHaril writes, to explain this seeming discrepancy between the Talmud and the words of the Tur, that they died on all the days between Pesach and Shavuos, except on the days that we do not say Tachnun , 7 days of Pesach, 2 days of Rosh Chodesh Iyar, Rosh Chodesh Sivan, the 7 Shabbasos in Sefira, 17 days in all.
Therefore they only died on 32 of the 49 days. As a commemoration of this, we designate the "33rd" day as the day that the dying stopped and we celebrate that day, but not that it totally stopped on Lag B'Omer.
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1. Segulah for recovery from illness - go to a doctor [Talmud Berachos 60a, Bava Kamma 46b)
2. Segulah for longevity - lead a healthy lifestyle (Rambam, De'os 4:20)
3. Segulah for marriage - look for a suitable wife (Talmud Kiddushin 2b)
4. Segulah for shalom bayis - love and forebearance (Talmud Sanhedrin 7a, Bava Metzia 59a)
5. Segulah for children - prayer to Hashem (Shmuel I 1)
6. Segulah for yir'as Shamayim - learning (Pirkei Avos 2:5)
7. Segulah for spirituality - learning and mitzvah observance (Talmud Megillah 6b)
8. Segulah for kavanna in prayer - take it seriously (Talmud Berachos 5:1)
9. Segulah for pure faith - don't believe in segulos (Devarim 18:13)
10. Segulah for honest paranasa - learn a profession (Talmud Kiddushin 30a)
11. Segulah to prevent drowning - learn how to swim (ibid.)
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