Rebbi Shimon - No Doubts Whatsoever And Never, Ever Disconnected From Hashem (Hilula 5772)Includes singing. Rav Weinberger's divrei chizuk begin at 45 minutes mark.
What would the Jewish people look like without Rebbi Shimon or Hashem, and what would Rebbi Shimon, or even Hashem look like without the Jewish people? Lag Ba'Omer can be bigger than Yom Kippur and Purim. The gematria (numerical equivalent) of "Shimon Bar Yochai" is "hischazek" (strengthen) and "mechayeh meisim" (revives the dead). What is chizuk? The light and fire that burns because of Rebbi Shimon. The two fires: Hashem's love for every Jew and every Jew's love for Hashem. These two fires meet in Rebbi Shimon. The root of all sadness in this world is the separation a mother and child experience at birth - a human being separated from its Creator. Therefore, the deepest simchah (joy) is hiskashrus (connection) to a friend, a spouse, someone beloved; and hence, the numerical value of ahavah (love) is equivalent to that of echad (one). Lag Ba'Omer and Purim always fall on the same day of the week. Amalek, the gematria of which is safek (doubt) tries to bring us to atzvus (sadness) - and gives us the feeling that we are separated, that we are not who we are supposed to be; Amalek makes us forget that Hashem and our mothers are always thinking about us. If we know that our parents love us no matter what, then we can connect to them. But if we have a doubt of "maybe not," then we can't connect. Rebbi Shimon revealed the Zohar which brings clarity, and with the Zohar we will great Moshiach. We simply have to remember that our ancestors, or beloved ones now alive in this world, and Hashem are always deeply connected to us. What "off the derech (path)" does NOT mean. "Derech rechokah" (on a far away road) is not where we are but where, and how we feel. The fascinating story of a mother and her child in Meron. | 
