Shir Ha Malot Lag BOmer 5722

The Alef Kabbala Group (12 May 09) explored a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe, taught on Lag B'Omer 1962. The discourse begins with the words Shir Hama'alot, 'A Song of Ascents' and discusses a story in the Zohar that during a drought Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai caused rain to start falling by saying a Torah teaching on the idea of fraternity and friendship. This theme is explained in terms of marriage, in terms of love of one's fellow, and in terms of the relationship between Israel and the Divine. The diagram used to help explain the discourse is also available here.