Lag B'Omer: R Shimon Bar Yochai Ushers in the Light of Mashiach by Revealing the 50th Gate of Wisdom

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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.

reasons given in the parsha him and the meaning of the parsha does some say for says I'm not really sure what this day is all about. So, if some say for says he doesn't know how are we supposed to know? But even after he writes he doesn't know he offers two explanations for the day and therefore we're going to attempt on some level to try to explain the significance of the day of Lag B'Omer and today maybe more than usual we're going to we're going to uh delve into some of the more uh sublime levels of the Torah, some of uh sublime levels of the Torah, some of the more mystical aspects of the Torah and let us begin. The Bnei Yissachar tells us then Pirkei Avot in part base the Mishna says that Rabbi Yochanan ben Zakkai had five talmidim and he tells them he gives them a charge. He says to them go out and see what is the good path that a person should cling to. What is good? He says to them go out and see what is the good path that a person should cling to. What is good? What is What is good? Now listen, if I were to ask you what is good? The only way to determine what is good is you have to look what does the Torah define as good? So, actually very interestingly the first time the Torah says the word good is by the beginning of creation. So, the Bnei Yissachar writes that if you count 32 words from the beginning of creation the 33rd word is the word good.

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2. 6:12Kadisha. What does Boitzina Kadisha mean? The Ner Kadash, the holy lamp. Why the holy lamp?…
3. 12:19Did they know this information? Did Shmaya and Avtalyan know this information? Did uh the earlier…
4. 18:21information was collected by him, although you do have information from later Tannaim as well. And…
5. 24:32and he says like this. Bar Yochai bikoidesh hakodashim in the holy of holies kav yarok…
6. 30:39for one. 50 minus one. Isn't it straight? Let's say I tell you the shiur will…
7. 36:18It's like a mystery, a cryptic message from Reb Shimon bar Yochai. He tells his students,…
8. 42:27And how do we know that? Abaye says a good svara. What do we compliment him?…
9. 48:36So again, we see tremendous kesher between Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai and Moshe Rabbeinu. And for…
10. 54:44Olam gave us the Torah, but he never revealed the secrets. He preserved the Shaar HaNun.…

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