Lag BaOmer 54 articles

Sefirat HaOmer

Lag BaOmer (literally: the 33rd day of the Omer) is traditionally when Rabbi Akiva’s 24,000 students stopped dying. It also marks the Yahrtzeit of the Tanna Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai, one of the 5 new students Rabbi Akiva took after the death of his 24,000 students.

Don’t Forget To Rejoice… with Rebbe Meir
Don’t Forget To Rejoice… with Rebbe Meir
To receive source sheets for any of Rabbi Glatstein’s shiurim, please email rabbiglatsteinsourcesheets@gmail.com Shiur provided courtesy of Torah Anytime
May 12, 2020
By Rabbi Daniel Glatstein
Rashbi’s Quarantine: Discover the Mystical Transformation of Rebbi Shimon Bar Yochai During His Seclusion
Rashbi’s Quarantine: Discover the Mystical Transformation of Rebbi Shimon...
To receive source sheets for any of Rabbi Glatstein’s shiurim, please email rabbiglatsteinsourcesheets@gmail.com Shiur provided courtesy of Torah Anytime
May 12, 2020
By Rabbi Daniel Glatstein
Rebbi Shimon Bar Yochai Ushers in the Light of Mashiach by Revealing the 50th Gate of Wisdom
Rebbi Shimon Bar Yochai Ushers in the Light of...
To receive source sheets for any of Rabbi Glatstein’s shiurim, please email rabbiglatsteinsourcesheets@gmail.com Shiur provided courtesy of Torah Anytime
May 11, 2020
By Rabbi Daniel Glatstein
Corona B’Omer: Kaballah, Covid and Your Inner Voice
Corona B’Omer: Kaballah, Covid and Your Inner Voice
Introduction: Are You Sure Lag B’omer Is a Holiday? There is something quite odd about Lag B’omer. First of all, it’s not even really a holiday. You won’t find Lag B’omer...
May 11, 2020
By Shimon Apisdorf
The Secret of Lag BaOmer
The Secret of Lag BaOmer
Rebbi Shimon bar Yochai immersed in the סתרי תורה. There are two figures to whom the Jewish people go en masse – Rebbi Shimon bar Yochai and Rachel Imeinu. Why is...
May 22, 2019
By Rabbi Mendel Kessin
“5-Alive”: Rav Yosef Engel Reveals How Lag BaOmer is the Source of Life
“5-Alive”: Rav Yosef Engel Reveals How Lag BaOmer is...
Why did the 24,000 students of Rebbi Akiva specifically stop dying on Lag BaOmer? Why do we recite Tehillim 67 after counting the Omer? Why is the verse “יודוך עמים אלקים...
May 21, 2019
By Rabbi Daniel Glatstein
Uncovering the Moed of the Days of Sefira and the Biblical Yom Tov of Lag B’omer: The Electrifying Teaching of Rav Mosh...
Uncovering the Moed of the Days of Sefira and...
The Tur writes that we celebrate Lag BaOmer because that is the day the students of Rebbe Akiva stopped dying. Why is that a reason to celebrate – they stopped dying...
May 19, 2019
By Rabbi Daniel Glatstein
Lag B’omer: The Depths Are Calling to Us
Lag B’omer: The Depths Are Calling to Us
A generation will arise and live … Hundreds of thousands of people. Countless buses. It’s Lag B’omer. And seemingly endless throngs of every kind of Jew in the world make their...
May 16, 2019
By Rabbi Reuven Sasson
The Metamorphosis of Rebbi Shimon Bar Yochai
The Metamorphosis of Rebbi Shimon Bar Yochai
Rebbi Shimon Bar Yochai: The difference between the man who entered the cave and the man who left the cave. Delivered at the OU Israel Center, May 3rd, 2018 (18 Iyyar 5778)
May 12, 2019
By Rabbi Ari Kahn
A Deeper Look at Lag BaOmer
A Deeper Look at Lag BaOmer
Rebbi Akiva’s students represented the continuation of the Torah after the churban. Since they were not fully qualified because of their behavior, the Torah transmitted through them to all future generations...
May 6, 2019
By Sylvie Schatz

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