Ep. 498: How Does Rabbi Shimeon Bar Yochai Help Us Deal with Our Present Challenges?

Published: May 26, 2024, 6:06 p.m.

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What does Lag B\u2019Omer teach us today?\xa0

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  • How does Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai help us deal with our challenges?\xa0
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  • Why is this day so special?\xa0
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  • What is the source that Lag B\u2019Omer is the day of Rashbi\u2019s Hilula?\xa0
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  • Why can we listen to music and make weddings on Lag B\u2019Omer?\xa0
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  • Did the Rebbe suggest that we visit the Ohel on this day?\xa0
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  • Is there an alternative for someone who can\u2019t go to the Ohel?\xa0
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  • Why don\u2019t we celebrate with a parade on other special days of the year?\xa0
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  • Why is there a custom to light bonfires on Lag B\u2019Omer?\xa0
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  • How could the students of Rabbi Akiva defy their teacher\u2019s cardinal rule about loving another?\xa0
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  • Why did the students of Rabbi Akiva die in an epidemic \u2013 does not respecting another warrant the death penalty?\xa0
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  • Why do we say Lag B\u2019Omer, but don\u2019t say Tu B\u2019Av?\xa0
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  • Should we be relying on the segulos associated with Lag B\u2019Omer?\xa0
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  • Segulos don't seem to work for me. What should I do differently?\xa0
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  • What can we learn from Rashbi living 12 years in a cave?\xa0
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  • Is there a connection between Lag B\u2019Omer and Moshiach?\xa0
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  • Is it connected to the Zohar?\xa0
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  • And if so, how does it relate to Chassidus?\xa0
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  • Who was Moses de Leon, and what role did he play in disseminating the Zohar?\xa0
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  • What do we learn from this parsha?\xa0
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  • What is the connection between this parsha and Lag B\u2019Omer?\xa0
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  • Why are engraved letters higher than written ones?\xa0
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  • What is the significance of the month of Iyar and the general time between Pesach and Shavuos? Follow-up\xa0
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  • If Sinai teaches us the lesson of humility, why was the Torah given on a mountain altogether?\xa0
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  • 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?\xa0
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  • Where are our leaders?\xa0
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