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Lag B'Omer : The Significance of the Numerology of the Chapters of Tehillim
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The Sfas Emes of Belz once commented at
his Lag BaOmer tisch about the
incredible Hashgacha
that the episode of Reb Shimon and Reb
Elazar Reb Shimon who ran away from the
Romans appears in Maseches Shabbos on
what blood? None other than Daf Lamed
Gimmel, but not just Lamed Gimmel, Lamed
Gimmel Amud Beis, remez to Lag BaOmer.
What an incredible Hashgacha.
But his student, the rather Kodesh Reb
Sholom Mechaminka, he added an even
greater pele.
He says this story where Reb Shimon
commented, "Kol Ma She Tiknu Lo Tiknu
Ela Letzorech Atzman."
That not only appears in Maseches
Shabbos Daf Lamed Gimmel Amud Beis, but
that is actually incredibly the 33rd
statement of Reb Shimon found in Shas.
Amazing.
So,
clearly the there's a great connection
between Reb Shimon and the number 33,
Lag BaOmer.
He came out, according to the Orach
Shulchan, he came out of the cave on Lag
BaOmer. According to the Bnei Yissachar,
he was born on Lag BaOmer. And of course
it is our tradition that Reb Shimon
passed away on Lag BaOmer as well.
So, it struck me and and I thought to
check perhaps then there might be some
connection between Reb Shimon and the
33rd chapter of Tehillim.
Rannenu Tzaddikim Hashem. After all, if
Reb Shimon is so connected to the number
33, there must be connection between him
and the 33rd chapter of Tehillim. So,
you'll say, "Who says there's any
significance to the the chapters of
Tehillim, the numbers of what chapter
something is?" And actually this is a
subject that I've been trying to
research for a very long time and I'll
share with you what I have.
But
I came across the Chida in his
commentary to Tehillim in perek kuf
lamed aleph.
Now, perek kuf lamed aleph speaks about
David HaMelech's humility, Shir HaMaalos
LeDavid, Hashem
libi
my heart was not haughty. My eyes were
not raised up. I didn't
walk with greatness of an of me many.
Says the it is not a coincidence that
this is chapter 131.
131 is Gematria anava. David talks about
how he wasn't a
in chapter 131. So we see from this that
there is a very strong connection
between
the
the number of
and the content of that particular
then I came across a comment of the
the
in the
in his
he says if you look in
member of to him
he says member is
has a
that references
because David says someone
my soul thirst for God like
kale is 31 Chi is 18 these refer to the
49 days of
must I
avoid the
panel like him when will I come and see
the face of and we've said many times
there's a concept that
is alluded to in the letters before like
him panel like
but says the
parent member is which is 42 is the
parent of
because
the shame of
which is the shame member is was
for
so again we have another
that there's a connection between the
number of the parent and the contents of
the parent then I saw you know when we
answer a main a main is
91 there's a concept whenever you answer
Amen, you create a malach. A malach, an
angel. Angel malach is gematria 91.
Well, look in perek 91 of Tehillim. What
do we have in perek 91 of Tehillim?
Yoshev b'seser Elyon. We have the pasuk,
ki malacho yitzav alav lishmorcha b'chol
d'rachacha. This is the perek of malach,
chapter 91. So again, we see a very
clear connection between the number of
the chapter of Tehillim and the contents
of that chapter.
I found in the Sefer Nishmas Kol Chai
that what is perek 100 of Tehillim?
Perek kuf. Perek kuf is Mizmor l'soda.
100. What is the significance of Mizmor
l'soda? How many brachas are you
supposed to make a day?
The um Sefer Nishmas Kol Chai quotes
the Megaleh Amukos that Dovid Hamelech
was maramez
in perek kuf of Tehillim that all the
korbanos will be batal except for the
korban todah because the todah refers to
tefillah, which is the secret of 100
brachas, and therefore Dovid Hamelech
was mesaken Mizmor l'soda as bracha 100.
Also, interestingly, I found in the
Arizal the word modim. Modim is gematria
100, and therefore Dovid Hamelech
was mesaken Mizmor l'soda, chapter 100
um corresponding to modim, which has a
numerical value of 100.
Now, the truth is that this concept is
already found in Shas because the Gemara
Megillah on Yud Zayin Amud Beis
discusses why Dovid Hamelech compo- why
the Anshei Knesses Hagdoloh composed the
bracha of Birkas Hashanim Barech Aleinu
as the ninth bracha
and Rav Alexandri says it's connect
against those who jack up the prices and
David was mispallel for their
destruction in the pasuk shivar z'roah
rasha in the ninth chapter of Tehillim.
So we already find it's already
legislated in the Shas, it's already
recorded in the Shas this concept that
the numbers of the chapters of Tehillim
have significance. Actually, there's a
discussion there because David HaMelech
really composed it in the in the tenth
chapter and there's a concept that
Ashrei Ha'Ish and L'Ma'an Ragshu might
be one chapter. Okay, so based on this
principle and this yesod, let us examine
the 33rd chapter of Tehillim. Perhaps we
could find a connection to Lag BaOmer.
So sure enough I found in the sefer Orah
V'Simcha
the sefer Orah V'Simcha was written by
Rav Avraham Simcha Horowitz and Rav
Avraham Simcha Horowitz says an amazing
thing. He says look in the Sifrei
HaKodesh
that the numbers of the kapitlach of
Tehillim each one there's a remez to
something connected to that particular
number and therefore he suggests that
Ranenu Tzaddikim is the perek associated
with Lag BaOmer. And in fact he says
that if you take
the words Mimechoin Shiftei Hishgiach
it's rashei teivos gematria Lag BaOmer.
Then you go on to the next pesukim
L'hatzil Mimaves Nafsham.
You go to the end of this pasuk perek
L'hagidenu pasuk yud tes L'hatzil
Mimaves Nafsham to save their soul from
death. This is a remez that the talmidim
of Rabbi Akiva stopped dying on Lag
BaOmer. And then of course Lag BaOmer is
a day of simcha ki vai yismach libenu.
And furthermore we know that the power
of Lag Baomer is from the fact that Lag
Baomer
you have the the Arizal teaches us that
the letters aleph kaf lamed hey yud mem
were these letters were nisgale on Lag
Baomer through the oisios hakodmos, the
proceeding letters, aleph kaf dalet tes
mem, which is gematria 74, the name of
bitachon ayin dalet. Well, sure enough,
ki vashem kach shmoi, va tachnu
bebitachon, the shem of bitachon is ayin
dalet, which is the shem of Lag Baomer.
And I would add, very simply, Lag Baomer
we are noheg that we listen to music,
where we we loosen and we have a
leniency in the restrictions of aveilus
of the yemei hasfira.
And what perek of Tehillim has a
reference to more musical instruments
than any other perek? Lamed gimmel.
Ranenu, first of all, ranenu tzaddikim.
Now, the Ohr HaChaim Hakadosh says that
in the Zohar, Rebbi Shimon is constantly
referred to as the tzaddik. But you have
hoidu lashem bechinor, benevel osor
zamru lai. We have shira, shiru lashem
shir chadash, heitivu nagen besrua. So
have many references to music and
musical instruments, as on this day we
are mesameach lekavod the talmidim of
Rebbi Akiva, who continued the Torah,
lekavod the great tanna Rebbi Shimon bar
Yochai. So, next time you see perek
lamed gimmel of Tehillim,
take a look, discover the secrets of Lag
Baomer that lay hidden in perek lamed
gimmel of Tehillim. We should be zocheh
on this holy day, those chassidei Atana,
zechusai yagein aleinu ve'al kol
Yisrael, amen.
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