The Strange Minhagim of Lag Baomer Explained

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The opening of this shiur, in Rabbi Yonah Carlebach’s own words — taken from the captions, so names and Hebrew terms may be approximate.

Okay, talk about Lag B'Omer, Pesach Sheni, medura, bows and arrows, um maybe even a little bit learning in Lag B'Omer, which is not too popular. Um but just to go through the Indian relatively quick. As you know, this week the week of Lag B'Omer is the week of Hod. Question is, why does Pesach Sheni and Lag B'Omer always come out during the week of Hod? the week of Hod? Seemingly, Hod is represents the most thing, is the lowest of the spheres before Yesod, which is a clavius sticker a sfira, and Malchus, which is also a clavius sticker sfira. So, it's the lowest one, which is most thing. So, why is these two Yomim Tovim that are coming out during this week of Hod? That's question A. Hopefully, I'll answer all the questions. Question B is, why do we make a medura on Lag B'Omer? Question Another question is, why do we Question Another question is, why do we make a keshes, like a bow? And another question is, um the fact that they were not noye covered, the talmidei Rabbi Akiva, why was there necessarily a chiyuv misah? I mean, if I disrespect you, so is meches taysus a chiyuv misah, right? So, just to go through a little bit. I don't know if I'll I'll finish everything, but as much as possible. So, everything, but as much as possible. So, just to start off, in the fifth week of Sefiras HaOmer, which is the week of Hod, right? So, it's Hod, Lag B'Omer comes out in Hod Sheb'Hod. Why dafka Hod Sheb'Hod? Because Hod Sheb'Hod is the most thing. Lag B'Omer represents the most hamtachas hadin. So, therefore, because it represents the most I'm talk as I did. So, you go all the way down to the lowest Madrega in

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1. 0:01Okay, talk about Lag B'Omer, Pesach Sheni, medura, bows and arrows, um maybe even a little…
2. 1:03Question Another question is, why do we make a keshes, like a bow? And another question…
3. 2:04the way down to the lowest Madrega in order that you could go up to the…
4. 3:04I'm talk as I did Dafka in that. It's an opportunity to make up like a…
5. 4:06then it's what's the height? It's a duh, right? And the word height both times represents…
6. 5:08We find also one other place which represent as you know akashas represents bris, right? That…
7. 6:10near is gematria six shamos of I am honest of I am a via like him…
8. 7:11cashes is a half a circle and you know the talker of the dean of like…
9. 8:14only representing the 12 hours of light, not the 12 hours of dark. And therefore, dafka…
10. 9:14who could not be moyder that there's such a great thing as amtokas hadin, he couldn't…

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