ל"ג בעומר – בעת ה"פּאַראַד", ה'תשמ"ג

1. Lag BaOmer is celebrated for two principal reasons: (i) It is the Yahrzeit (anniversary of passing on) of the Tanna, Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai (Rashbi), who commanded all Jews, including children, to participate in this day of his joy. (ii) On Lag BaOmer...

Judaism demands ethics of all ages; children as well as adults. The demands are much greater than the not cheating or lying; we must refrain from even approaching a seller to underbid or somehow get an item that another child or person wants. It would be ...

"May it be Your will, L-rd our G-d and G-d of our fathers, that the Holy Temple be speedily rebuilt in our days, and grant us our portion in Your Torah."

The Talmud tells us that 24,000 students of Rabbi Akiva died because “they did not treat one another with respect.” But the plague ended on Lag BaOmer, which means they had remedied their actions and began to treat each other with the appropriate level of...

The Talmud states: “Rabbi Shimon ben Yochai's sole occupation was Torah.” Rabbi Shimon was involved with other matters as well, but what was his “occupation”? How was he raised, how did he raise his students — and how does he raise each one of us who wish...

The Rebbe participates in the 1983 Lag B’omer parade.