Lessons on Lag Ba'omer

articles on Lag Ba'omer

Rabbi Zalman Baruch Melamed
Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu Zt"l
Rabbi Dov Lior
Rabbi Yaakov Ariel
Rabbi David Chai Hacohen
Rabbi Uzi Kalchaim zt"l
Rabbi Chaim Katz
Rabbi Sha'ar Yashuv Hacohen
Rabbi Hershel Schachter
Rabbi Berel Wein

articles on Lag Ba'omer

Shifting the Focus of Lag Ba'Omer

Rav Tzvi Yehuda would say that Rabbi Shimon - Rabbi Akiva's student - most strongly symbolized the continuation of Rabbi Akiva.

R' Yehuda the Head Speaker

"Why is R' Yehuda everywhere referred to as the head speaker?

Rashbi - Basing Law on Thought

It is important, in preparation for this day, to familiarize ourselves with his doctrine and his approach to study.

The Physical Spiritual

We must draw inner strength from the pearls of the hidden wisdom of the Torah

Rashbi, Lag BaOmer, and the Special Message

Rabbi Netanel Yossifun | 16 Iyar 5784

What would have happened had Rav Akiva's students not died

Rabbi Dov Lior | 9 Iyar 5784

What Really Happened to the Students of Rabbi Akiva?

Rabbi Stewart Weiss | Iyar 17 5782

The Secrets of Lag BaOmer

The minor holiday of Lag BaOmer, coming up next Thursday, is traditionally associated with the Divine Tannaitic Sage, Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai (Rashbi) – as well as with the thousands of students of Rabbi Akiva, who "stopped dying" on this day. Both of these are connected to each other...

Rabbi Yossef Carmel | Iyar 12 5782

7. Throwing Clothes into the Bonfire and Praying at the Gravesites of Tzadikim

Chapter 5: Lag Ba-omer

Many people had a custom to throw expensive clothing into the bonfire at Meron, explaining that they do so in honor of R. Shimon bar Yoĥai.

Rabbi Eliezer Melamed | Cheshvan 12 5782

6. The Custom of Giving Boys their First Haircut

Chapter 5: Lag Ba-omer

Some have a custom to refrain from cutting their sons’ hair until they reach the age of three. When their son reaches that age, they cut his hair and leave his sidelocks.

Rabbi Eliezer Melamed | Cheshvan 12 5782

5. Bonfires on Lag Ba-omer

Chapter 5: Lag Ba-omer

For hundreds of years, there has been a custom to light a large bonfire near R. Shimon bar Yoĥai’s grave on Mount Meron, in honor of his hilula.

Rabbi Eliezer Melamed | Cheshvan 12 5782

4. R. Akiva

Chapter 5: Lag Ba-omer

Hidden within the hilula celebration of Lag Ba-omer is another memorial: a memorial for the greatest expositor of the Oral Torah, the wondrous Tanna, R. Akiva, one of whose five greatest disciples was R. Shimon bar Yohai.

Rabbi Eliezer Melamed | Cheshvan 12 5782

?How we should dress for Prayer

Chapter five-part two

Chapter five-part two

Rabbi Eliezer Melamed | 5775

Abraham’s 10 tests and consequences

The parallelism between the ten trials of Avraham Avinu and other important tens.

Rabbi Avraham (Abe) Abrahami

The High Priest and the Menora

The process and commandment of lighting the menorah served as a constant reminder to the High Priest of the important role that he was to always play in the furtherance of Torah and holiness in Jewish society.

Rabbi Berel Wein

Rabbi Pinchas ben Yair Said: “Purity Leads to Sanctity”

Rabbi Yossef Carmel | 5771

Righteous Women

Rabbi Berel Wein | 5771

Relationships during the Time of Engagement

Rabbi Elyakim Levanon | 5770

May I take a Nice Hot Shower on Yom Tov?

May I take a Nice Hot Shower on Yom Tov?

Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff | 5769

Hatzalah and Shabbos Emergencies

A summary of PIKUACH NEFESH Halachot on Shabbat. What if I do not now if it is a life threatening emergency? Who should drive? A man or a woman? A Jew or a Non-Jew? and more....

Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff | 5769

51. Sanctity

Sanctity is the highest rung on the ladder of desired character traits: Torah leads to caution, caution to alacrity, alacrity to cleanliness, cleanliness to abstinence, abstinence to purity, purity to piety, piety to humility, to fear of sin, to sanctity.

Rabbi Zalman Baruch Melamed | Monday, 8 Menachem Av 5767

The Laws Relating to Converts

The laws relating to Jewish converts are most astounding. Despite the criticism directed at the Jewish people on the grounds that Judaism is racist, the Torah teaches us that any non-Jew who earnestly seeks to join the Jewish people may do so.

Rabbi Eliezer Melamed

More Mitzvot in Erets Yisrael

Parashat Re'e

The special Mitsvot of Israel seem like a burden to some people; Rabeinu Chaim seems to agree with that statement; The Maharit's explanation.

Rabbi Aharon Angstreich | 5763

The Power of Trust

The link between the feast of Joseph and his brothers in Egypt and the customary festive meal of Chanukah becomes clear. They together represent the attribute of trust in the Almighty.

Rabbi David Dov Levanon | Kislev, 5762