Sholom Ber Wineberg

(On an obvious level), the connection of the verse, “Open my eyes” to Lag BaOmer, the day of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai’s passing, is that Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai’s mission and purpose was that he would reveal pnimiyus haTorah. [As explained in several sourc...

“Open my eyes and I will gaze at wonders from Your Torah.”Tehillim 119:18. The translation is based on Metzudos David. The Rebbe Maharash writes in his maamarThe maamar is found in the series of maamarim entitled Chayav Adam Livareich, 5638, sec. 23 (p. 3...

On Lag BaOmer, the day of his passing, Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai revealed to his students “holy words” that he had not revealed throughout his life.Idra Zuta, Zohar, Vol. III, p. 284b. Every year on that day, the revelation of the teachings of pnimiyus haTo...

The above concepts can be connected to the verseTehillim 54:9. According to the custom of reciting the kapitl of Tehillim corresponding to the years of one’s life (see the letter of the Rebbe Rayatz printed in Kovetz Michtovim and in his Igros Kodesh, Vol...

The preceding section explained that man’s Divine service in refining material existence throughout the entire continuum of time will transform the tzimtzum and make it into a medium for the expression of G-dly light. The present section explains the rami...

The resolution of the above question is that through our Divine service as alluded to in the verse, “And you shall serve G-d, your L-rd,” we transform darkness into light. This is implied in the verse,Shmos 14:20. “It illuminated the night,” i.e., that th...

On the surface, the following could be offered as a possible resolution:The Rebbe here is offering a suggestion that he will rule out further in this section. The revelation of the infinite dimension of Or Ein Sof within our world – despite the fact that ...

Explanation is, however, necessary:The conceptual development that follows is based on the maamar entitled Matzah Zo (from the series of maamarim entitled BeShaah SheHikdimu 5672, Vol. II, p. 926ff.). How is it possible for there to be revelation of the n...

“The glory of G-d will be revealed and all flesh will see as one that the mouth of G-d has spoken.”Yeshayahu 40:5. Among the new developments that will characterize the Ultimate Future, the era after Mashiach’s coming, will be the revelation of “the glory...

Mashiach’s Day The Haftorah recited on Acharon shel Pesach (the final day of Pesach) contains many prophecies the Era of the Redemption including “The wolf will dwell with the lamb, the leopard will lie down with a young goat”;Yeshayahu 11:6. and “He will...