Welcome to our special LAG B'OMER issue
In many places, Lag B'Omer is 'picnic day,' 'bonfire night, 'outing day' and so forth. In Israel it is primarily "Zohar Day," and that is why hundreds of thousands [try to] make the pilgrimage to Meron and the tomb of Rashbi, the source of the Zohar teachings. Articles #1-3 offer different levels of Kabbalistic insights into this special day, including the custom of 3 year old boys receiving their first haircut and peyot there.
Today, Sunday, is Pesach Sheini - "Second Passover," the Torah's most overlooked holiday! (see article #5 for its biblical root), so try to eat a piece of matza this afternoon before sunset in honor of the occasion
This Jewish year, 5782, is a "Sabbatical Year," which this week's Torah reading associates with required Divine miracles. Read all about one, in article #7 (story), from "Saturday Night, Full Moon," the second book in a 3-volume series by KabbalaOnline.org's managing editor.
Finally, the 4th article continues our Zohar translation series, while the 6th article is an analysis utilizing basic Kabbalah principles of a teaching in the 4th chapter of Pirkei Avot, which we will study on Shabbat afternoon.
(Those of you in ISRAEL should click to BEHUKOTAI for articles on your Weekly Reading.)
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Kabbalah Online Magazine
Week of Behar/Lag B'omer 5782
Vol. 18 No. 37,14 - 20 Iyar, 5782 / May 15 - 21, 2022
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A note from the staff of Kabbalah Online in Tzefat
Dedication
From the founders of ASCENT-of-SAFED and KabbalaOnline.org:
In memory of Rabbi Arye-Leib ("Leibel") Kaplan, head of the Safed-Chabad community from its modern inception with his arrival in 1973 until his tragic untimely death twenty-five years later, on the occasion of his 24th yahrzeit this Tuesday, 16 Iyar, two days before Lag b'Omer; AND for the soul elevation of Rabbi Baruch-Akiva (ben Moshe) Greenberg, Ascent's very first "summer scholar in residence" and original Saturday night storyteller, and THE master of Chasidic melody, who passed away ten years ago on Shabbat, 20 Iyar 5772, two days after Lag b'Omer. |
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Rashbi’s Passing
— On the day of Rebbe Shimon’s death, he revealed great secrets.
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| The Zohar | |
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Rashbi: Basic Kabbalah Tenets
— Encompassing the Infinite
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At Three years Old
— The primary purpose of the hair cutting is for the intention of leaving and essentially revealing the Peyot/sidelocks.
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| The Rose | |
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The Rose: Part 2
— Both judgment and loving-kindness are parts of the collective Jewish soul.
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Far Out, Man
— The Zohar teaches that anyone can arouse himself to truly return to holiness.
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| Pirkei Avot - Ethics of the Fathers | |
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4:11 Returning from Below to Above
— Jewish mysticism teaches that it's best if we initiate our return to G-d.
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| Mystic Story | |
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Rotten Seeds
— Farmers from all over Israel came to see the Sabbatical year “miracle at Komemiyut.”
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