Machshava:

Lag BaOmer 

Collections: Rabbi Weinberger: Lag B'omer Hilula

Description

We are unable to completely immerse ourselves in Torah study because we have to engage in a livelihood. Shabbos and Shmitah (Sabbatical) are opportunities to completely immerse ourselves in Torah and to transform the focus of our entire lives. Rebbe Shimon Bar Yochai deemed gashmius (physical) pursuits as futile, but G-d showed him that one can uplift the gashmiyus. Motzei Shabbos (Sabbath night) demonstrates that we can retain the kedusha (holiness) after Shabbos leaves.