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The Chassidic masters explain that the final day of a person’s earthly life marks the point when “all his deeds, teachings and work” achieve their culminating perfection . . .
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By Naftali Silberberg
Bonfires, Jewish Unity parades, bows and arrows, carobs and more. Find out what is traditionally done on Lag BaOmer, and why . . .
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Find Lag BaOmer Events Near You
Parades, picnics, bonfires, outings... Find out which fun programs YOUR local Chabad center is offering this Lag BaOmer!
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Talmud, Shabbat 33b
Seeing a man ploughing and sowing, they exclaimed: "They forsake eternal life and engage in temporal life!" Whatever they cast their eyes upon was immediately incinerated
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Based on the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe
Rabbi Akiva taught that "Love your fellow as yourself" is a "cardinal principle in Torah." How was it that that Rabbi Akiva's disciples, of all people, were deficient in this area?
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By Yanki Tauber
There comes a point at which the external resources we've come to rely on are suddenly ineffectual, and the only place to turn is inward, to ourselves
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By Rabbi Jonathan Sacks
Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai and the essence of Jewish mysticism
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By Elisha Greenbaum
If only I could be locked away in a cell with no distractions and no excuses, can you imagine how much I would accomplish?
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By Tzvi Freeman
To explain our world without examining its inner depth is as shallow as explaining the workings of a computer by describing the images viewed on its monitor...
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By Naftali Silberberg
Is death a reason to mourn, or to celebrate the life of the deceased? That depends on the nature of the person's life...
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By Esther Scharf
The night their father left town, his sons reminisced about their shared childhood, and the messages stressed in their home...
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By Levi Avtzon
They wallowed in sand, subsisting only on carobs and water. They exit after thirteen years. What is the first thing on Rabbi Shimon's agenda?
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By Naftali Silberberg
Can you find a competent electrician willing to do a job for, say, three candies an hour? How about a spiritual person willing to serve G‑d for material reward?
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By Elisha Greenbaum
Is your job a method of providing youself with the necessities of life, or has it become its own purpose?
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Lag BaOmer
By Yanki Tauber
It’s my favorite oxymoron: If one indeed lives in the future, it’s not the future anymore, is it? And if one only thinks he’s living in the future, then he's not really living there, is he?
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By Michoel Gourarie
In order to conquer and affect the world around us we must first move inwards...
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By Elisha Greenbaum
What were they thinking when they invented Lag BaOmer parades?
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By Mendel Kaplan
What do we really celebrate on Lag BaOmer and what does the Rebbe say about it. The story of Lag BaOmer—in depth.
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By Moishe New
Why were the disciples of Rabbi Akiva punished by death for being disrespectful? And why are we happy on the day that R. Shimon Bar Yochai died?
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By Nissan Dovid Dubov
Why do we celebrate on the day that R. Shimon Bar Yochai passed away? Also: If we are not permitted to talk to the dead, why do we pray by a tzaddik’s grave?
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By Rochel Chein
Why do we play with a bow and arrow on the Jewish holiday of Lag BaOmer?
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The Kabbalistic Holiday of Lag BaOmer
By Moishe New
A look at the increasingly popular interest in the holiday of Lag BaOmer, which was instituted by the author of the Zohar, Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai, to commemorate the day of his passing.
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Why all the joy on the day of the passing of the great sage Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai?
By Dovid Zaklikowski
Every year on the holiday of Lag BaOmer, we go to the park, have bonfires and live music and many celebrations. I never understood this. Are we supposed to have celebrations on the anniversary of someone’s passing?
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