Lag BaOmer with Reb Chaim Kramer

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Shalom Aleichem. Welcome to the Breslov Parshah Shiur. Before we go to the Parshah, we're going to go to Lag BaOmer. Lag BaOmer, as you know, is very special. Rabbi Akiva had 24,000 students die in Sefirah because they simply did not honor - give honor to - their friends. It was abuse, obviously. Maybe it wasn't really abuse - maybe it was just a lack of honor. So you imagine the magnitude of not giving honor to somebody when you have to? 24,000 students passed away. What came in their wake? Rabbi Akiva had these students, and he wanted to pass the Torah on. He found five worthy students - Reb Meir, Reb Yehudah, Reb Yosi, Reb Shimon Bar Yochai, and some say Reb Nechemiah, some say Reb Elazar ben Azaryah. But he had five students. Through them, he passed on the entire Torah. Five students. 24,000 would sound great - but it took five. Only five - because these students were unique. They were very unique. And the uniqueness was the honor that they gave to Rabbi Akiva. That's what it was. That was the seal that proved their greatness - they respected Rabbi Akiva. So let's go on. 24,000 students passed

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1. 0:03Shalom Aleichem. Welcome to the Breslov Parshah Shiur. Before we go to the Parshah, we're going…
2. 0:35obviously. Maybe it wasn't really abuse - maybe it was just a lack of honor. So…
3. 1:13He found five worthy students - Reb Meir, Reb Yehudah, Reb Yosi, Reb Shimon Bar Yochai,…
4. 1:46Only five - because these students were unique. They were very unique. And the uniqueness was…
5. 2:18away in a 33-day period. There's disagreement over which 33 days - most people hold from…
6. 2:54- even if they were not respectful one to another. It reminds us a lot of…
7. 3:31some of the deepest secrets of the Kabbalah, he said to his students: Rabbi Akiva had…
8. 4:10you'll never get to understand what the secret mysteries are. Without that, you'll never really get…
9. 4:47thousands of people that make the pilgrimage to his burial place in Meron, and they all…
10. 5:20to honor and respect everyone - that we honor and respect especially Torah scholars. And with…

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