Ep. 498: How Does Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai Help Us Deal with Our Present Challenges?
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And in merit of Boruch Benyomin ben Menucha Lana Althaus
Yekusiel ben Leah Rochel and Rochel bas Liba Farkash
Dedicated by Pinchas Todros ben Miriam and Sarah bas Rochel Althaus
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What does Lag B’Omer teach us today?
- How does Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai help us deal with our challenges? 08:57
- Why is this day so special? 08:00
- What is the source that Lag B’Omer is the day of Rashbi’s Hilula? 13:17
- Why can we listen to music and make weddings on Lag B’Omer? 20:59
- Did the Rebbe suggest that we visit the Ohel on this day? 22:19
- Is there an alternative for someone who can’t go to the Ohel? 24:10
- Why don’t we celebrate with a parade on other special days of the year? 25:28
- Why is there a custom to light bonfires on Lag B’Omer? 28:40
- How could the students of Rabbi Akiva defy their teacher’s cardinal rule about loving another? 33:03
- Why did the students of Rabbi Akiva die in an epidemic – does not respecting another warrant the death penalty? 37:15
- Why do we say Lag B’Omer, but don’t say Tu B’Av? 39:01
- Should we be relying on the segulos associated with Lag B’Omer? 40:45
- Segulos don’t seem to work for me. What should I do differently? 43:10
- What can we learn from Rashbi living 12 years in a cave? 45:30
- Is there a connection between Lag B’Omer and Moshiach? 48:56
- And if so, how does it relate to Chassidus? 50:40
- Who was Moses de Leon, and what role did he play in disseminating the Zohar? 52:28
Bechukosei
- What do we learn from this parsha? 56:03
- What is the connection between this parsha and Lag B’Omer? 56:03
- Why are engraved letters higher than written ones? 59:10
Iyar
- What is the significance of the month of Iyar and the general time between Pesach and Shavuos? Follow-up 01:01:48
Sinai
- If Sinai teaches us the lesson of humility, why was the Torah given on a mountain altogether? 01:02:13
- Why did the Rebbe not go to Israel? Follow-up 01:03:20
War with Hamas
- Why are we not gathering daily and holding prayer vigils and public reciting of Torah and Tehillim and tzedakah beseeching heaven to free the hostages and end this evil war? 01:06:32
- Where are our leaders? 01:08:05
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