Yomim tovim
Lag Ba'Omer
ל״ג בעומרRashbi, the fire, and the hidden Torah. 9 shiurim.
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Lag Ba'Omer - From Ashes to Fire
Why do we celebrate Lag Ba’Omer on a day born from tragedy? Chazal teach that Rabbi Akiva’s students stopped dying on this day. But the Pri Chadash offers a piercing twist: they stopped dying because there was no one left. And yet the Torah didn’t disappear.
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Lag Ba'Omer - In The Merit of Rebbe Shimon
In this shmooze, delivered at the Mevaseret/Shaalvim Lag Ba'Omer Hilula, Rav Burg explains how the merit of Rebbe Shimon Bar Yochai can absolve all of Klal Yisrael from judgement.
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Lag Ba’Omer - The Secret of Beginning Again
In this shmooze, delivered at the joint Mevaseret/Shaalvim Lag Ba’Omer event, Rav Burg explains how Rav Akiva was able to begin again even after he lost 24000 talmidim. Rav Shimon Bar Yochai reveals that even unimaginable suffering can be a gift when used corr
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Lag Ba’Omer and the Scent of Torah (full)
This episode contains the full shiurim of Rav Aryeh Cohen and Rav Burg (previous uploads are missing a couple of minutes of Rav Burgs shiur) shiurim as well as a question and answer on a variety of topics.
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Lag Ba'omer & The Scent Of Torah - A Woman's Calling in Torah (Rav Aryeh Cohen and Rav Burg) Pt. 2
Part 2 of the shiurim on exploring a woman's role in Torah as we draw close to Shavuos and a question and answer with Rav Cohen and Rav Burg on a variety of topics.
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Lag Ba'omer & The Scent Of Torah - A Woman's Calling in Torah (Rav Aryeh Cohen and Rav Burg) Pt. 1
These shiurim, delivered in Aish Kodesh in Woodmere, was a night of Chizzuk to explore the role of women as we draw close to Shavuos and Matan Torah. A special thank you to all sponsors. Shiur begins from Rav Cohen and is followed by Rav Burg at 41:30.
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Lag Ba’Omer - True Achdus
In this shiur, delivered in Monsey, Rav Burg explains how Rav Shimon Bar Yochai, and the inner Torah which connects to the essence of all things, brings true Shalom to the world.
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Lag Ba’Omer - Bringing the Future into the Present
This shiur, dedicated lilui nishmas the 45 kedoshim who passed away in Meron last year, explains how Rebbe Shimon lived an Olam Haba life while in this world. In such a world, there is no death. These insights help us negotiate a complex tension of celebrating
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Lag BaOmer: Retract to Reveal
So much of Lag BaOmer is confusing. Why are we celebrating the death of Rashbi? What's the inner connection between the death of 24,000 of Rebbe Akivas talmidim and the death of Rashbi? What does Kabbalah even mean? In this shiur Rav Burg explains the Minhag t
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