The meaning behind Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai's cryptic words - and their power on Lag B'Omer

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

[Music] the whole world from judgement what does hilah get on a rib shiman mean that he could exempt the whole world from judgment how could he exempt the whole world from judgment the gemaran assassins says to rebbe i don't understand rabbi how could god punish anybody the nishamah and the goof they both have an opt-out clause they both have an excuse the goof could say i didn't do nothing i didn't do anything look at me the moment my new shama leaves my gut i'm like a stone lying here like a rock i'm not able to move i didn't do anything it's an ashama's fault and then the shrama says look at me when i as soon as i left the gulf i'm a free spirit and i haven't done anything wrong so the goof could say it's in a shama's fault and then it's a good guff's fault neither could do without the other and therefore they should both be exempt and the gemara gives the mashal says this is like a who puts a who cannot get around so he rides on top of a blind man and together they steal from an orchard so what happened the king finds uh um finds the the ganov and uh the

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1. 0:02[Music] the whole world from judgement what does hilah get on a rib shiman mean that…
2. 0:33anybody the nishamah and the goof they both have an opt-out clause they both have an…
3. 1:03it's a good guff's fault neither could do without the other and therefore they should both…
4. 1:35says look i can't i didn't do it i i can't i can't even move i…
5. 2:06the goof and the neshama and by putting the two together he punishes them together but…
6. 2:38then they're both if two people do something together and a could have done it by…
7. 3:11each one played a critical role and therefore they're both and the truth is this applies…
8. 3:43it would come out that taka the…
9. 4:46thank you for listening to the guard your eyes daily physic broadcast pass them on to…

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