tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7377770063400153144.post2076418618347637922..comments2024-03-27T16:50:47.127-04:00Comments on The Torah Matzav : Reb Akiva's Talmidim -What's Pshat Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7377770063400153144.post-50065851917632044682015-04-30T14:52:50.586-04:002015-04-30T14:52:50.586-04:00Pri Chadash (OC 493:2) notes that it is strange to...Pri Chadash (OC 493:2) notes that it is strange to celebrate the end of a terrible plague that killed 24,000 people. The Gra (OC 493) points to the Gemara (Taanis 30b-31a) where Rabbah Bar Bar Channah Amar Rav Yochanan suggests that the Simcha of Tu B’Av is SheKalu Meisei Midbar.<br /><br />Consider, also, that there are other reasons as to why we celebrate Lag BaOmer...<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com