[Avodah] What is the reason behind the minhag to light bonfires on Lag B?omer?

[Micha Berger]

> Funny you should post this; in 2009 you informed us of the (little
> known) fact that the Bartenura actually reported seeing this in
> JERUSALEM at SIMON HATZADIK and it was the 28th of Iyar.

I, posted in the same dicussion an older minhag, predating Mequbalei
Tzefas and practiced in the days of the rishonim, that it was
Shemuel haNavi at Nabi Samwel on that day as it the 28th is also his
yahrzeit. Mentioned in shu"t haRadvaz 2:608.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha