FW: Celebrate Lag B'omer from Home

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From: Chabad of Northbrook <rabbi@chabadnorthbrook.com>

Date: 5/11/20 10:17 AM (GMT-06:00)

To: mates57564@aol.com

Subject: Celebrate Lag B'omer from Home

Lag B'Omer this year is May 12, 2020. Lag BaOmer is a festive day on the Jewish calendar, celebrating the anniversary of the passing of the great sage and mystic Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai, author of the Zohar. It also commemorates another event. In the weeks between Passover and Shavuot, a plague raged amongst the disciples of the great sage Rabbi Akiva. On Lag BaOmer the plague ceased. Click here to read more . . . This year we bring you three Shelter-at-Home safe Lag B'omer opportunities  Our Lag B'omer procession will be riding around Northbrook on Tuesday, May 12, starting at 2:30pm. If you would like us to drive by your home, let us know!  Follow the route in real time at Facebook.com/ChabadNorthbrook. Join thousands of children from around the world for a grand Lag B'Omer parade. Featuring a live concert, special entertainment, and a surprise raffle. Tuesday, May 12, 4:30pm at ChabadNorthbrook.com/biggestparade . Special for teens! Join our online Lag B'omer teens concert!  Monday, May 11, 7:00pm CTEEN.COM/LAG Password: CTEEN. What Is Lag BaOmer? The Chassidic masters explain that the final day of a person's earthly life marks the point when "all his deeds, teachings and work" achieve their culminating perfection... Lag BaOmer Traditions and Customs By Naftali Silberberg Bonfires, Jewish Unity parades, bows and arrows, carobs and more. Find out what is traditionally done on Lag BaOmer, and why... Lag BaOmer Parades with the Rebbe • Lag B'Omer Gathering with Rebbe • Lag B'Omer Gathering • View all 16 A Carob Tree and a Spring Talmud, Shabbat 33b Seeing a man ploughing and sowing, they exclaimed: "They forsake eternal life and engage in temporal life!" Whatever they cast their eyes upon was immediately incinerated 24,000 Plus One Based on the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe Rabbi Akiva taught that "Love your fellow as yourself" is a "cardinal principle in Torah." How was it that that Rabbi Akiva's disciples, of all people, were deficient in this area? The Kabbalah of the Bow and Arrow By Yanki Tauber There comes a point at which the external resources we've come to rely on are suddenly ineffectual, and the only place to turn is inward, to ourselves The Practical Implications of Infinity By Rabbi Jonathan Sacks Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai and the essence of Jewish mysticism Driven to Distraction By Elisha Greenbaum If only I could be locked away in a cell with no distractions and no excuses, can you imagine how much I would accomplish? Kabbalah Defined By Tzvi Freeman To explain our world without examining its inner depth is as shallow as explaining the workings of a computer by describing the images viewed on its monitor... Attaining Immortality By Naftali Silberberg Is death a reason to mourn, or to celebrate the life of the deceased? That depends on the nature of the person's life... Love Distorted By Esther Scharf The night their father left town, his sons reminisced about their shared childhood, and the messages stressed in their home... Thirteen Years in a Cave, Now What? By Levi Avtzon They wallowed in sand, subsisting only on carobs and water. They exit after thirteen years. What is the first thing on Rabbi Shimon's agenda? Earthly Rewards for Heavenly Service? By Naftali Silberberg Can you find a competent electrician willing to do a job for, say, three candies an hour? How about a spiritual person willing to serve G‑d for material reward? Make Me an Offer By Elisha Greenbaum Is your job a method of providing youself with the necessities of life, or has it become its own purpose? Living in the Future By Yanki Tauber It's my favorite oxymoron: If one indeed lives in the future, it's not the future anymore, is it? And if one only thinks he's living in the future, then he's not really living there, is he? An Inward Focus By Michoel Gourarie In order to conquer and affect the world around us we must first move inwards... Lag BaOmer Parades By Elisha Greenbaum What were they thinking when they invented Lag BaOmer parades? Mystical Lag BaOmer Stories By Yerachmiel Tilles • Miracle in Meron • Lag B'Omer Hospitality • View all 3 What is Lag BaOmer? By Mendel Kaplan What do we really celebrate on Lag BaOmer and what does the Rebbe say about it. The story of Lag BaOmer—in depth.   Listen (20:37) A History of Lag BaOmer By Moshe New Why were the disciples of Rabbi Akiva punished by death for being disrespectful? And why are we happy on the day that R. Shimon Bar Yochai died?   Listen (36:28 What Is A Tzadik? By Nissan Dovid Dubov Why do we celebrate on the day that R. Shimon Bar Yochai passed away? Also: If we are not permitted to talk to the dead, why do we pray by a tzaddik's grave?   Listen (1:09:17) Lag B'Omer Parade and Rally Children gather to celebrate the holiday of Lag B'Omer. Excerpts from a 1984 satellite feed from Lubatvitch World Headquarters, Brooklyn, New York.     Watch (13:46) Why the Bow and Arrow on Lag BaOmer? By Rochel Chein Why do we play with a bow and arrow on the Jewish holiday of Lag BaOmer? Celebrating the Secrets of the Torah By Moshe New A look at the increasingly popular interest in the holiday of Lag BaOmer, which was instituted by the author of the Zohar, Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai, to commemorate the day of his passing.

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