Maghen Abraham - Thoughts From Mayer Sasson

Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai

Reviving the Dead

The Tzemach Tzedek of Lubavitch zy'o used to say: The day of Lag Ba'omer is a day that is auspicious for medical recoveries and salvation! The initials of the words "a king Who is a loyal and merciful Doctor" - "מלך רופא נאמן ורחמן" spell out "מרון" and in the merit of the righteous Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai who is buried in Meron G-d sends recoveries and salvation to Jews on this day.

Concerning this it is told of the Imrei Chaim of Vizhnitz that when he came to the graveside of RSHBY he said, "It seems to me that a person who travels to RSHBY in Meron feels elevation like a person who has water spilled over his body that cleans out his sins."

He added: As evidence, the words "שמעון בר יוחאי" add up in numerology to 553 and this is the numerology of ""מחיה מתים – "who revives the dead. If a person learns the holy Zohar and spends time at the grave site of the righteous rabbi he receives vitality – even those people who can be considered in the category of "reviving the dead."

SHABBAT SHALOM!!