A curse from a friend or a blessing from an enemy?
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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.”
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Your just acts are like the mighty mountains; Your judgements are unfathomable …. (Psalms 36:7)
As I write these words, the whole Jewish world is reeling from the news of the tragic loss of 45 lives at Meron on Lag baOmer.. We feel deeply for their grieving families..
Why G-D sent this tragedy to us on Lag baOmer on all days – the day commemorating the abatement of a deadly plague and a day of rejoicing – and at the tomb of Rashbi of all places, only He ultimately knows. His judgements are “river-deep and mountain-high”. As the Kotsker Rebbe famously said, if we would understand Him we would be Him. One small consoling effect is that the tragic accident generated a br