At the time of this lecture, the coming Shabbat’s bible portion is “Behar-Bechudotai.” That date is
chaf-vav Iyar 26 day of Iyar, and the omer count indicates:
yesod, she’b’yesod foundation of the foundation. It is the
yahrzeit–memorial of RaMChal, Rav Moshe Chaim Luzatto. The “hashkafa I use,” says the rabbi, is based on his teachings, so this shiur is
lizchut in merit of
What happened on
lag b’omer was an unbelievable tragedy. Forty-five people died and it moved Jews world-wide. The tragedy was compounded by having occurred on a day of joyous celebration. “How do we understand this? I’m not a prophet but sometimes G-d gives us a hint.”