Lag BaOmer is not the day Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai passed away. It’s the day his light became impossible to hide.

Rav Shlomo Katz and the chevra of Shirat David enter the final moments of Rashbi’s life as described in the Zohar — a moment filled with fire, overwhelming אור, and a revelation that redefines what it means to leave this world.

From Rabbi Abba’s struggle to record the words, to the תלמידים who couldn’t even approach the fire, to the פלא of what happened after… we begin to understand that this wasn’t a הסתלקות in the way we think.

This is a גילוי.

A revealing of a life that never ends.

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CHAPTERS
00:00 Opening greetings and dedication of the shiur
02:40 Introducing the Zohar study for Lag Ba'Omer
05:26 Rabbi Abba on Rav Shimon's unfinished blessing
07:17 The overwhelming light witnessed by the disciples
10:13 The unending fire surrounding Rav Shimon
11:37 Rav Yitzchak's sudden collapse during the shiur
14:19 After the fire ceased: seeing Rav Shimon
15:21 Rabbi Elazar’s heartfelt farewell to his father
17:59 From honey to blood: the shift in learning
19:52 Discussing the meis and need for zerizus
23:46 Confusion After the Tzaddik’s Death and Burial
25:35 Benei Meiron’s Opposition to Burial in Tzipori
26:35 Miracle of the Floating Body and Heavenly Voice
29:02 Shimon’s Eternal Share in Both Upper and Lower Worlds
32:34 Encouragement to Share a Lag BaOmer Story