The greatness of Lag BaOmer
Purim and Lag BaOmer:
The weekday that Lag BaOmer is celebrated is always the same weekday that Purim was celebrated that year.[1]Â This emphasizes the happiness and joy that one must have on Lag BaOmer.
Ray of Moshiach:[2]
In Rebbe Shimon shined the light of Moshiach. On Lag BaOmer this ray of Moshiach shines, just as it did on the day the Rashbi passed away.
Lag BaOmer is Gematria of Moshe:
The words Lag BaOmer have the same Gematria as Moshe.[3] This is because the Rashbi was a spark of Moshe, and he had received from the same level of Divine light that Moshe received when he received the 2nd Luchos.[4]Â Â
Lag Baomer is Hod Shebihod from below to above and is Tiferes Shebitiferes from above to below:[5]
There are two ways of counting the corresponding Sefiros of the days, one is from above to below and the second is from below to above. The Rebbe Rayatz[6] stated that the day of Lag Baomer when counting below to above, from Pesach to Shavuos, is Hod Shebihod, however when counting from above to below, from Shavuos to Pesach, it is Tiferes Shebitiferes.
[1] Michaber 428:1
[2] Siddur Shaar Lag BaOmer; Igros Kodesh 4:276-7
[3] Shaar Yissachar Tishreiy; Kodesh Hilulim p. 38; Likkutei Sichos 7:337
[4] Emek Hamelech 2:4
[5] See Toras Menachem 5710 p. 38 and p. 59
[6] Kuntrus Lag Baomer 5701
