Rabbi B Lag BaOmer Zoom Class (04/29/21)

[Music] shalom shalom [Music] well my friends we are coming up to my favorite day of la gupa umer tomorrow i'm so excited i hope you're excited too because is a special day of being friends of being kaverim tobin so let's sing a couple nice songs today about being friends and having fun here we go you've got a friend in me you got a friend in me when the road looks rough ahead at your miles and miles from your nice warm bed just remember what your old pal said boy you got a friend in me i said [Music] you got a friend in me you got troubles i got them too there isn't anything that i wouldn't do for you we'll stick together we'll see it through cause you got a friend in me you know it's true you got a friend in me well some other folks might be a little bit smarter than i am big and stronger too but none of them will ever love you the way i do just me and you boy as the days go by our friendship will never die you're gonna see it's our destiny boy you got a friend in me you know it's true you got a friend in me okay now you got a friend me one more time sing it with me you got a friend well good morning and hello you got some friends we're all friends together and it's so great to be having tovin because when you've got a friend and someone's your friend that you gotta be together and when you are biacha i tell ya that makes hashem so proud that makes your parents so proud makes all the people around the world so happy and the more we get together together together the more we get together the happier we'll be cause your friends are my friends and my friends are your friends the more we get together the happier we'll be sing it with me if you know it the more we get together together together the more we get together the happier we'll be because your friends are my friends and my friends are your friends the more we get together the happier we'll be let's all be friends guests let's be friends and join together oh let's be friends now and forever oh let's be friends and join together oh yeah let's be friends cause that's the tour away oh let's be friends help one another oh let's be friends like a sister or brother let's be friends help one another let's be friends cause that's the torah way i said let's be friends cause that's the torah away yeah and hey speaking about the torah we gotta do our mitzvah of the day the mitzvah of counting sphero and of course you know the mitzvah sphero telemere is the mitzvah from the torah every day all the way from pesach until shavuot we get to count the days towards getting the torah and today is the day before omer so we're going to count hayom shnaimu today is the 32nd day of the omer day 32 and how many weeks is day 32 well day seven is one week day 14 is two weeks day 21 is three weeks day 28 is four weeks and then one two three four extra days so we can say hi yom shnai that's exciting and tomorrow oh man we're going to count the next number do you see what it's going to be day 33 lag ba omer and of course counting the omer is such a special mitzvah and we want to make sure that we're using every day to get ourselves ready to receive the torah on harsinai we can come out of egypt now what should we do we count the sephirah every single day anew before we get the torah we count everyone [Music] hashem wants us to follow in his ways so he gave us the sevira like many holidays we count the numbers up to 49. we better ourselves make our nishama shine tahoe there counting the [Music] of course so we're gonna use these dates to be a better jew working on ourselves there's so much we can do give mork sit down be nice to everyone we better ourselves it is [Music] well i'm so excited to get the torah and of course we know getting the torah was the best gift hashem could ever give us so let's sing a couple of taurus songs and then we'll start singing more unlockable ominous songs here we go toratoratoratto ratoratoratora londo motion toratoratorato [Music] hashem gave us a present you know what it was he gave us the torah and we should keep its laws hashem gave us a present you know what it was he gave us the torah and we should keep it close yes [Music] we [Music] we said yes we won the torah because we love you so we love the torah and we love hashem [Music] motion so exciting well of course you guys know that hashem gave us the torah but inside the torah we have the best things of all the mitzvahs oh man so let's sing my favorite song about mitzvot and if you know what mitzvah i'm thinking about just yell it out ready will the big wallaby wig's foot let's sing a song about mitzvot willoughby wallaby wara meets what come from the torah will be wallaby with zuza on my door i have a mezuzah who will be wallaby with dhaka with my money i can give i like to eat food that is kosher will it be wallaby when i eat that try to stay up raka on friday night it starts shabbat will it be wallaby wants my mommy likes the candles yeah will it be [Music] also to love your family we'll be wallaby one mitzvahs are so much fun will it be wallaby wazoo wazoo what start what rhymes with wazoo oh i know i like to play my kazoo [Music] will be wallaby wong that's the end of the song well done everyone well of all the mitzvahs in the torah i think and i think it's true that the most important mitzvah to do is the mitzvah of ahavati the mitzvah to love your fellow jew and to love your fellow and your neighbor as yourself to treat each other with love and respect so let's work on a song together this is a song that has two words can you repeat after me let's see who can sing along [Music] israel [Music] all right can you sing it in a very deep voice like this [Music] is [Music] can you do it in a very quiet whisper [Music] israel israel great job everyone should have i like israel [Music] and you know i have a special toy here i'd like to show you it's my beautiful beautiful golden heart do you see my golden heart isn't it beautiful now the golden what it it's not golden are you sure you're you're it's what color was it oh it's a red heart okay my red heart my special red heart and it's beautiful and red what not it is golden are you are you guys playing tricks on me it's a goal oh your shirt's gold okay uh golden heart and it's so beautiful gold what it it turned red again are you sure oh yeah you're right it's a okay my red heart hey you you guys are being silly well really it's actually both colors because this is a special flippy pillow and when you flip the pillow you flip some colors you can make it red or gold or both and i like to make it both because that's another another way of showing ahaba israel we don't have to be the same none of us are the same nobody looks alike we're all different and have differences but guess what we can still be together and have lots of ahavati israel and that's a special lesson none other than rabbi akiva who is a very special rabbi for the time of omer and of course and rabbi akiva taught us that having a haba israel is the most important mitzvah of the whole torah like even if you have a mezuzah and you give to dhaka and you learn torah and you keep kosher if you don't have a habakkistra l you're missing a very important piece it's almost like you didn't even learn the torah properly oh yeah okay well you know it's like that story of you know the story of the two friends how there was once a friend and he had a box of extra vegetables and fruits and he said you know what i'm gonna bring some of these vegetables and fruits to my neighbor he will love it i'm gonna bring it to his house and then his neighbor also said i have an extra box of vegetables and fruit i think i'll bring it to my neighbor's house they both had the same idea of bringing something to each other not to get anything in return but just to think of the other person and you know what happened they were both walking and all of a sudden do bump they bumped into each other and they said where are you going i'm going to your house to bring you a special box of vegetables and fruits well i'm going to your house to bring you a special box of vegetables and fruits we're both going to each other's house they thought that was so special and they decided together to go and go to one of their houses and share the vegetables and fruits together and this is what hashem wants from us and of course the teachings of rabbi yakiva and the torah where it says shali whatever i have i'll share it with you but you don't have to share with me because that's not about being a good friend if i want to share with you and be a good friend then that's what i should do i shouldn't expect something in return can you imagine if i just wanted to give you a present so you'll give me a present back then that's not really sir el that's loving myself i want you to give me a present back but if you just give to someone and help them without expecting them to give anything back to you then that's true ahavat israel and if you have one friend and another friend and they both think the same thing then that's true friendship and in sign language you know how to say the sign for a friend you know how to show the sign for friend can everyone pick up their pointer finger that's one friend can you pick up a second pointer finger that's two friends and the sign for friendship is you make your fingers give each other a nice hug can you do that wow amazing so while we sing some songs about friendship let me see you make your fingers hug each other for the sign of sign language for friendship [Music] whatever i have i'll share with you you don't have to share as well [Music] as [Music] all right let's see those fingers hugging here we go don't walk in front of me i may not follow don't walk behind me i may not lead just walk beside me and be my friend and together [Music] my [Music] those [Music] um [Music] well guys that's what it's all about log ba omer and sverata omer is all about ahavat israel and of course my favorite thing to do on lag ba umer is make a medura you ever made a middu rah before i have a midi raw behind me now this is just a cartoon medura and it's not hot at all but a real majura is very hot so if you ever go to a mid-dura a party where there's a bonfire on lag ba omer make sure you keep your distance don't go too close once you start feeling the warmth of it don't go any closer because it could be very dangerous you want to let the adults make sure it's being safe but of course we light a middura on lag and to write light a midjira you need a couple of special things first of all you need wood but also you need a little flame and what you could do a mid dura a good muscle a middura is a good example of ahavatistrael because if you take two candles and you put them together it doesn't make two candles it makes one candle they join together as one and a mid-dura is like a million candles all together and that's a good lesson when we get together when you and me are together and being friends it's no longer two people now we're like one person we're like so let's make a middu repeat after me it goes like this get your it's your wood and go like this it's it's [Music] again eight eight medura a [Music] and now we're going to sit around the majora and have a nice luggable there [Music] are [Music] i [Music] oh [Music] and another reason we have logba omer is it's a very special day for a very special rabbi named rabbi shimon bar yokai and rabbi shimon bar yochai he taught even more mitzvahs and more torah and more laws and more wonderful things about the torah and of course he taught all about israel he made sure he always had lots of love for his fellow person his fellow jew so here's a quick little song about rabbi shimon bar yokai from rabbi b i hope you enjoy here goes once there was a holy sage rabbi shimon was his name he taught us lots of torah and lit a holy flame the romans didn't like it and so he had to run thirteen years of hiding in a cave with his son [Music] taught [Music] a very special day [Music] so we remember him by caring for each other we treat our friends with so much love like a sister or a brother so take out your torah books don't be shy or hide gather all your friends around and spend the day outside [Music] when he passed away he gave us luck about omer as a very special day all right friends well of course that's all our time for today tomorrow is lag of omer so exciting so i'll see you guys tomorrow hopefully for log bulmer or if not have yourself an amazing day here we go shalom have [Music] goodbye my friends goodbye cafe shalom shalom [Music] until we meet again shalom [Music] rabbi b loves hearing from fans please send any questions fan mail or drawings to rabbib music gmail.com