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1. Understand
   Member

   Why do kids play with bow and arrows on Lag B'omer. Tried asking around and nobody seemed to have an answer.

   Posted 1 year ago #

2. shtiky shlo
   Member

   ur name is very symbolic

   Posted 1 year ago #

3. shmoel
   Joseph

   It signifies our inner desire to fulfil our mitzvah regarding Amaleikis.

   Oy! Its too bad we don't know who is an Amaleiki, unfortunately precluding us from fulfilling the mitzvah today!

   Posted 1 year ago #

4. Sam2
   The Even-Keeled and Erudite Shmuely Wollenberger from Las Vegas

   Shmoel: Makor? I've heard a lot of explanations, none of which are satisfactory.

   Posted 1 year ago #

5. tzaddiq
   Member

   it is symbolic to the fact that a keshes (rainbow) did not appear throughout the lifetime of Rashb"i, because of the great source of zechusim he had for his entire generation.

   Posted 1 year ago #

6. shmoel
   Joseph

   Sam, I was just baiting the wolf. He is so pliable to fall for such gags. If I wouldn't have told you this, he would have been sure to tell us what an apikorus he is since he would never kill an Amaleiki. Now I better protect myself before he tries to bite me.

   Posted 1 year ago #

7. R.T.
   Member

   That is correct tzaddiq. The rainbow did not appear during Rebbi Shimon Bar Yochai's lifetime, because it did not rain during the day. It only rained during the night (when people were at home, not in the markets, fields). The great Zechut is that the agriculture flourished in his lifetime on account of the nighttime rain.

   Posted 1 year ago #

8. Sam2
   The Even-Keeled and Erudite Shmuely Wollenberger from Las Vegas

   Shmoel: Interesting. That should be Lifnei Iver, no? You attempted to get someone to admit that he would be Mevatel a Mitzvah.

   R.T.: That's an interesting P'shat. I always thought it was just a Nes that even when nature called for a rainbow, HKBH made one not show up. Yours makes more sense though, and doesn't decrease the necessary Yad Hashem (because HKBH chooses when it rains). I like your P'shat actually. A lot. Thank you.

   Posted 1 year ago #

9. R.T.
   Member

   Thank you Sam2. But I give credit to one of my Rabbeim, R' A.Y. Eisenberger who gave a shiur on this topic (a decade ago) and that's where I learned this answer.

   Posted 1 year ago #

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