Lag Ba'Omer: Shining the Light of Rashbi with Rav Shlomo Katz

Rav Shlomo Katz brings Lag Ba'Omer to life with a soulful compilation of Torah teachings on Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai (Rashbi). Through niggunim and Chassidic wisdom, he explores Rashbi’s divine light, the joy of Torah revelation, and Am Yisrael’s unity. This series offers a transformative journey, celebrating Lag Ba'Omer’s bonfires and the eternal flame of Rashbi’s legacy.

Lag Ba'Omer: Shining the Light of Rashbi with Rav Shlomo Katz is a religion podcast hosted by Rav Shlomo Katz, with 23 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 81. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Rav Shlomo Katz hosts Lag Ba'Omer: Shining the Light of Rashbi with Rav Shlomo Katz, a religion show with 23 episodes published.

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  Episode #23

  23. The Eternal Life of Rashbi

  May 5, 202634 minS0

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

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  Episode #22

  22. How Does One Access Secrets of the Torah?

  May 4, 202643 minS0

  <p>There’s a level of Torah that you can understand. And then there’s a level that you can only receive.</p><p>In this Lag BaOmer shiur, Rav Shlomo Katz and the chevra of Shirat David enter the world of Hod she’b’Hod — the middah of אמת, humility, and the כוח to say: I don’t fully understand… but I’m ready to receive.<br><br></p><p>Based on a teaching from Rav Yitzchak Ginsburgh, we explore why the gateway to the deepest secrets of Torah isn’t brilliance — it’s ביטול.</p><p>Through stories, real-life examples, and a powerful preparation for tonigh...

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  Episode #21

  21. Reb Shimon’s Day: A Day With No Destruction

  May 3, 202648 minS0

  <p>There are days in the Jewish calendar when we remember the brokenness of the world. And then there is Lag BaOmer — a day that doesn’t belong to that system at all.</p><p>In this shiur, Rav Shlomo Katz and women of Shirat David enter the world of Reb Shimon bar Yochai — a world where churban doesn’t touch, where darkness doesn’t define reality, and where simcha isn’t dependent on understanding.</p><p>Through the story of the Arizal and Reb Avraham HaLevi, and a deep teaching from the Lubavitcher Rebbe, we uncover what it means that there i...

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  Episode #20

  20. How Did Rebbe Shimon Come into the World?

  Jul 22, 202542 minS0

  <p>Rebbe Shimon bar Yochai didn’t just appear—he arrived, against all odds, as a soul born of impossible tefillos and impossible beginnings. In this stirring Lag BaOmer teaching, Rav Shlomo Katz channels the fiery words of Rav Elimelech Biderman, uncovering how Rebbe Shimon’s birth was not just a moment in time but a statement from Heaven: Am Yisrael will never be dry wood.</p><p>From the shattered aftermath of Rebbe Akiva’s 24,000 talmidim to a single sapling watered by a righteous woman’s tears, this episode dives deep into the miracle of renewal. Because Lag BaOmer isn’t just...

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  Episode #19

  19. Do You Want the Lollipop or the Crown?

  Jul 22, 202525 minS0

  <p>Lag BaOmer marks a shift from the sweetness of redemption to the maturity of purpose. Rav Shlomo Katz brings Reb Levi Yitzchak of Berdichev to the center of the circle, showing how our journey from Egypt wasn’t about fireworks—it was about getting to Sinai.</p><p>Are we still chasing the lollipop of past miracles, or ready to wear the crown of where we’re heading? This is the day we stop gazing at the wedding album and start raising the next generation. Gratitude for the past, yes—but excitement for the future is the real avodah now.</p>

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