tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8955681.post6380410846543905218..comments2024-03-20T18:38:31.327-05:00Comments on Havolim: Lag B'omer CelebrationsEliezer Eisenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16036989084122930226noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8955681.post-30682866334799547542013-04-10T17:03:37.897-05:002013-04-10T17:03:37.897-05:00 You must be thinking of Tosfos in Taanis 30b, whi... You must be thinking of Tosfos in Taanis 30b, which can be read to mean that. After all, who would lie in a grave unless he was a member of the generation that was under the gzeirah.<br /><br />Anyway, remember, the second paragraph is from the Pri Chadash. True, some people survived, but to celebrate the mechila of the curse to the few that remained alive after almost everyone else was dead is pretty cold.Eliezer Eisenberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16036989084122930226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8955681.post-83479794732153593152013-04-10T15:13:41.622-05:002013-04-10T15:13:41.622-05:00" it's no different than the fifteenth of..." it's no different than the fifteenth of Av, when the generation of the Midbar stopped dying because they, too, were all dead, but we celebrate the end of the gzeira ra'ah."<br /><br />There's a Tosfos someplace that says a remnant remained alive; the gezeira was forgiven during the final 40th year (when they slept in the graves from 9 Av til 15 Av).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8955681.post-18397482139028495622011-05-22T11:47:50.691-05:002011-05-22T11:47:50.691-05:00Yahrtzei of Rashbi on Lag b'Omer?
https://mai...Yahrtzei of Rashbi on Lag b'Omer?<br /><br />https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&view=bsp&ver=ohhl4rw8mbn4#130183eb06dc751f_13018313570ce616_1300c2a21c91d8ef_57678_0SDnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8955681.post-31980958837596179312010-05-06T13:20:53.362-05:002010-05-06T13:20:53.362-05:00Speaking of Rav Grodzinsky, he told me that Eli sa...Speaking of Rav Grodzinsky, he told me that Eli says a shiur in Minchas Chinuch. We would all be interested in hearing what this week's topic is.Eliezer Eisenberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16036989084122930226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8955681.post-9837088909756351262010-05-06T13:18:44.161-05:002010-05-06T13:18:44.161-05:00Yes, my youngest told me that on Lag BaOmer in Yer...Yes, my youngest told me that on Lag BaOmer in Yerushalayim there are bonfires on every corner, with people dragging out all the combustibles they had saved for months.<br /><br />HaRav Yitzchak Grodzinsky was at our house yesterday, and he told me that someone had asked Rav Shach whether he should go to Tzfas to be at the kever of RASHBY, and Rav Shach told him "Go, but not on Lag BaOmer." Rav Grodzinsky himself said that he's been in Tzfas, maybe twice, but certainly not on Lag BaOmer. He said he's not the traveling type, this coming from a man halfway around the world from home collecting money for his Kollel.Eliezer Eisenberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16036989084122930226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8955681.post-20441630529270653232010-05-06T12:27:02.416-05:002010-05-06T12:27:02.416-05:00Chazal tell us that for every forbidden ta'ava...Chazal tell us that for every forbidden ta'avah, there is a permissible outlet. Perhaps the Jewish genius created Lag Ba'Omer as a yom tov for pyromaniacs.<br /><br />Of course biur chometz accomplishes much the same, but the pressures of the day interfere with the full satisfaction.great unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8955681.post-1330916967896004502010-04-29T12:30:19.589-05:002010-04-29T12:30:19.589-05:00The Chasam Sofer is not a navi and he is not givin...The Chasam Sofer is not a navi and he is not giving the reason for the earthquake. It is clear from his words that he is just telling people what they need to do teshuva for, and that their sins could expose them to middas hadin. That's why I wrote "The Chasam Sofer suggests...."Bnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8955681.post-81166499221093008862010-04-28T16:33:34.058-05:002010-04-28T16:33:34.058-05:00I don't understand the idea we celebrate the e...I don't understand the idea we celebrate the end of a gezeira ra. How many tragedies do we commemorate the end of? Do we celebrate the end of the Inquisition? The Crusades? Why is this different? Also the Chasam Sofers statement on the earthquake bothers me. It sounds like the argument that the Holocaust took place because people weren't making aliya and were forsaking eretz yisrael and i never liked that argument either.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8955681.post-72656841818529488962010-04-26T21:01:20.273-05:002010-04-26T21:01:20.273-05:00Maybe it's a result of that old frontal loboto...Maybe it's a result of that old frontal lobotomy, but it seems to me that if the Taamei Haminhagim has a multi-page arichus on it, it's not a good sign.Bnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8955681.post-26708670328817001012010-04-26T19:33:43.474-05:002010-04-26T19:33:43.474-05:00of course there is the contrary drasha: mi'she...of course there is the contrary drasha: mi'shenichnas adar marbim be'simcha, but the rest of the year is also be'simcha.<br /><br />on the other hand, why should we make the Torah appear to have predicted erroneously when it says: "tachas asher lo avad'tem ... be'simcha..."great unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8955681.post-24529313915639180922010-04-26T18:59:59.091-05:002010-04-26T18:59:59.091-05:00You bring to mind my son's derasha: v'sama...You bring to mind my son's derasha: v'samachta b'chagecha -- v'lo the rest of the year.<br /><br />The good ol' Ta'amei haMinhagim has a multi-page kuntres on Lag BaOmer explaining it roots, why it is a Yom Tov, etc. and he includes a response to the Chasam Sofer, who in this matter is a da'as yachid. RSBY himself said to make it a party day. As to why it should be different than the yahrzeit of Moshe, Aharon, etc. - I am sure you notice that all those personalities are mentioned in Torah sheb'Ksav while RSBY and Rabbi Akiva are the forefathers of Torah sheb'al Peh. Why that makes a difference -- see R' Tzadok in Pri Tzadik.Chaim B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02231811394447584320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8955681.post-72933830819267365512010-04-25T16:34:53.315-05:002010-04-25T16:34:53.315-05:00Nosson, for some of us, ivdu...b'simcha is a h...Nosson, for some of us, ivdu...b'simcha is a hard mitzva to be mekayeim. Historical forensics notwithstanding, any day you can energize the sense of simcha in a context of avodas Hashem is a good day.Bnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8955681.post-5394598978117972822010-04-25T16:21:57.295-05:002010-04-25T16:21:57.295-05:00It's a pretty odd day, I've never really f...It's a pretty odd day, I've never really felt like I understood it.<br /><br />(I changed my nom de guerre from NonymousG)Nosson Gestetnerhttp://gtorah.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8955681.post-20614104735101546742010-04-25T14:52:32.706-05:002010-04-25T14:52:32.706-05:00Interestingly, it was also found (in the Cairo Gen...Interestingly, it was also found (in the Cairo Genizah) that in the times of the early Geonim, Iyar 18th was considered the yahrzeit of Yehoshua Bin-Nun, and, accordingly, a fast day.Elihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12793717193734899866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8955681.post-88337355090298999862010-04-25T14:31:15.563-05:002010-04-25T14:31:15.563-05:00No one really knows. Pri-chadash and Chida say it&...No one really knows. Pri-chadash and Chida say it's the day R. Shimon and the other four Talmidim started learning with R. Akiva (thus connecting it to the Ta'am given in the Rishonim, that Talmidim of R. Akiva stopped dying), but it seems this is something they thought of, not a Mesorah.<br /><br />It is even more strange that the Maharil also brings Lag Beomer as Yom Simcha, even though according to him the Talmidim of R. Akiva dies during the whole period between Pesach and Shavu'ot (excluding Shabat, Rosh Hodesh and Pesach).Elihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12793717193734899866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8955681.post-69735411076106731192010-04-25T14:08:34.492-05:002010-04-25T14:08:34.492-05:00As I said, I was just quoting the Chasam Sofer. I...As I said, I was just quoting the Chasam Sofer. If it's not his yahrtzeit, how is the day associated with RSBY?Bnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8955681.post-60718675615752359272010-04-25T13:26:34.622-05:002010-04-25T13:26:34.622-05:00One may understand what you wrote as saying that t...One may understand what you wrote as saying that the Zohar connects RSBY day of Petirah to Lag Baomer. The Zohar does describe in length RSBY's Petirah, but gives no date. The Talimidim of the Arizal report him to participate on a יום שמחה for RSBY on Lag Baomer (apparently held long before the times of the Arizal), but do not say it's RSBY's Yahrzeit. The first printed source to make this connection (not including a faulty reading some read into the פרי עץ חיים) is the חמדת ימים.Elihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12793717193734899866noreply@blogger.com