This Thursday is Lag B’Omer, b”H. It is the day we are told on which Rebi Shimon bar Yochai died, but not before revealing the Zohar to his most trusted students. The Zohar, which means “brilliance,” is one of the main kabbalistic works to this day. While some have questioned the Zohar’s authenticity and accuracy, most kabbalists today do not, especially post-Arizal.

WHEN YOU THINK about Aharon HaKohen, you think about peace. You think about all the good and wholesome things about a Torah life. You think about the ultimate servant of God, selfless in every way. He was the model Torah citizen.

“All of Israel have a share in the World to Come, as it says: ‘And Your people are tzaddikim. They shall inherit the land forever. They are the branch of My planting, the work of My hands, in which I take pride’ (Yeshayahu 60:21).” (Sanhedrin 90a)

TALK ABOUT ENTANGLEMENT. The simple narrative has Nadav and Avihu dying because they brought an “unauthorized fire” during the inauguration ceremony in this week’s parsha. In Devarim, it mentions that they died because Aharon participated in the incident of the golden calf, even though he had all the right intentions.

ONE OF THE biggest yetzer haras we have tells us that we can’t be happy until we have more. It tells people that though what they already have might be good, it is not yet great. “Like the billboard said,” it pushes, “we’re not complete until we have that thing…or that thing…or, etc.”