Lag B’Omer & the Practice of Getting Hadasim For Shabbos as a Segulah for Good Children

Okay, shalam allayikum everyone. Today is I want to share with you a garum and a practice that I don't think is so widely observed but I guess I got into it uh a while ago when I was preparing the safer on and I want to share with you the garra says in Shabas This is the famous garl in Shabas. The garra tells us the story of how the rashi because he criticized the Roman government, he had to run away. He hid out in a cave and he was in the cave for 12 years. And when he came out, it seems like he had he did not have the ability to view people involved in worldly pursuits and understand the value of of being involved in any kind of worldly pursuit, advancing society, adv advancing the outside world. had spent 12 years immersed in the cave in in a suedesh and wherever he he cast his eyes it burnt up. He went back into the cave for another year and when he came out it was shabas he saw an old man he saw him holding two bundles of myrtles. He was running right before Shabas. So the Raji said, "What are you doing? Where are you going?" He said, "It's Shabas. These are Shabas." So the Raji said, "Well, all you need is one." He said, "No, one can get Zakar and one can get Sham." The Raji turns to his son. He said, "Look how beloved the mitzvah are for Israel." So it was Arab Shabas and this old man was holding two bundles of myrtles and he took it for Shabas says the Marsha why did he need two but still says the Marsha there are two separate entities and therefore he took two and for this reason the Marshall says we light two candles one kg zakar and one can get sham amazingly the makar to light two candles Friday night comes from the scamar One can I get zak one can I get shar to light more than two candles you'll be very hardressed to find a source to do that although it's pretty widespread I believe almost all women light a candle per child nevertheless the main custom is two candles based on this garra but then the marsh adds a whopper the marsh adds that just like we know the garra tells us in shabas that by lighting nero Shabas it's a form. So too the that you take Friday night is this is the the says that if the same way we light two candles so too if you takeim why becauseim are also a reference to like the garra says inim And therefore the he brings that you should make a bra on at the Shabas and it's a sug forim to the point where the great great-grandfather of the in the ings that someone who doesn't have three adasim Friday night when they pass away when come to escort you then doesn't even know where to go. Okay. So cababalistically there's definitely a source for the practice of taking hadim Friday night la the brings in the shakon in his for shabas and inimized to take two hadim even though the who came later speaks about three took two and the m of brings it to many make. So when I learned this, I was working on the I was like, okay, if I'm putting this in the book, I got to do it. But how in the world am I get hadim? You know, the week after sukus, it's not hard to get hadim. But uh but after that, how in the world am I get? So I went to some uh some dal minimum my friend uh Rabbi Kalap and others and I got like a big uh shipment of hadim but it only lasts a certain amount of time you know you know even though even even if you have many many to go they don't last forever and I thank my dear friend Ari Jacobson who he's under no obligation but he's been bringing Arav Shabas, you know, I think in Brooklyn they have services where you could have them come to your house. Definitely in Bar Park. I remember when I spoke for and Flatbush, they have a service and in many shs they get a big shipment and people just take it home Friday night. But if you could get your hands on some if you look in many of the f um in the you'll see Friday night by kdosh you'll see and you read there it says you make a braha on I mean when I first saw that I was like yeahhuh I thought is after shabas you know when I first started doing this Friday night my kids were like no no no my minus we I we only smell bam after shabas is over you know and you know they said Look, uh, daddy, you're the rabbi in the shaw. You're the last one to come home. Everybody tells them tells you, you know, they're gash Friday night until you get out of the shaw and you come home and we get started and now you're adding to the, you know, you're adding more ceremonies until we start eating. But, uh, we streamlined it. Um, but I'm I'm telling you about this today because when was the last time came out on Friday? The whole source of it is the rashi. when the rashi came out of the cave. By the way, I want to add if I'm not mistaken, the says that the rashi came out of the cave on. So, he came out of the cave on and he instituted this practice on. So, uh if you have a way to get some myrtles, it's not that at least you could get your wife some flowers. You know, some say the the practice of buying flowers for Shabas comes from the Gammorra on and uh which took place on Lagar. Anyway, that's just a relevant practice to uh Lag. Okay. recording