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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 “\u05d9\u05d5\u05d3\u05d5\u05da \u05e2\u05de\u05d9\u05dd \u05d0\u05dc\u05e7\u05d9\u05dd \u05d9\u05d5\u05d3\u05d5\u05da \u05d0\u05dc\u05e7\u05d9\u05dd \u05db\u05d5\u05dc\u05dd” repeated?<\/p>\n

Why is the number five associated with gratitude? (Rav Yosef Engel brings nine examples)<\/p>\n

What is the connection between Lag BaOmer and it’s sefirah – \u05d4\u05d5\u05d3 \u05e9\u05d1\u05d4\u05d5\u05d3 – gratitude and what does that tell us about why the students of Rebbe Akiva stopped dying on that day?<\/p>\n

6 connections between gratitude and life.<\/p>\n

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Shiur provided courtesy of\u00a0Torah Anytime<\/strong><\/a>
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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 “\u05d9\u05d5\u05d3\u05d5\u05da \u05e2\u05de\u05d9\u05dd \u05d0\u05dc\u05e7\u05d9\u05dd \u05d9\u05d5\u05d3\u05d5\u05da \u05d0\u05dc\u05e7\u05d9\u05dd \u05db\u05d5\u05dc\u05dd” repeated? Why is the number five associated with gratitude? (Rav Yosef Engel brings nine examples) What is the connection between Lag […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":133454,"featured_media":47493,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_cloudinary_featured_overwrite":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[355],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47489","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lag-baomer","post_format-post-format-video"],"yoast_head":"\n"5-Alive": Rav Yosef Engel Reveals How Lag BaOmer is the Source of Life<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"What is the connection between Lag BaOmer and it's sefirah, \u05d4\u05d5\u05d3 \u05e9\u05d1\u05d4\u05d5\u05d3, gratitude squared and what does that tell us about why the students of Rebbe Akiva stopped dying on that day?\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link 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