Rav Yitzchak Breitowitz: The Real Story of Rabbi Akiva and Lag B'Omer

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[music] [singing] [music] [music and singing] [singing] >> Uh we are praying for the protection of Israel, the lasting unity of Am Israel, Israel, the lasting unity of Am Israel, which will lead to victory. And we pray for all of those whose health has been affected by terror. Refuah shleima for Leah Shoshana bas Yisraela Sura and Michael ben Chaya uh and an aliyas neshama for Alexander ben Avraham and Batsheva, the father of David Balinsky. Uh he David Balinsky just got up from shiva for his father. Uh may the memory of Alexander ben Avraham and Batsheva be blessed in Gan Eden as well as Dora bat Louise, the Eden as well as Dora bat Louise, the mother of Abigail Devir, whose fifth yahrzeit uh is tonight, Tuesday night, Wednesday, day 34 of the Omer, uh as well dedicated by Frieda Givon in memory of her mother Gittel bat Mosha Cohen, who was a partisan in the woods of Poland, a true eshes chayil, who passed away in Brooklyn on Lag BaOmer. And an anonymous contribution was made for the nitzachon of all of our chayalim, and may Hashem give protection chayalim, and may Hashem give protection for all of Klal Yisrael and for the geulah shleima very, very soon. I just wanted to add that uh a very, very famous yahrzeit of Lag BaOmer is the yahrzeit of the Rama, of Moshe Isserles, uh who died very young in his in his 40s. And it's interesting, there's a funny little bit of mistake here, that one of the great rabbonim that was Maspeth wanted to enumerate 33 praises of the Rama because the Rama died on the 33rd day of the Omer. For

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