קצת שמחה
There is no mention in Bavli or Yerushalmi
of Lag Baomer. The first to
mention L.B. are some Rishonim in the name of the Gaonim.
The Rishonim, Tur and Mechaber who do mention Lag Baomer,
don’t consider L. B. as a day of Simcha. All they say is that there is no
Aveilus on L. B. ,(weddings, haircuts etc. permitted) because they
stopped dying on that day or they stopped dying after 33days.
It is only the Rema in the name of the Maharil who writes that
on L. B. we are “marbim bo k'tzas simcha.” (increase a little simcha).
The Rema does not give the reason why.
The Simcha is not because they stopped dying, but for other reasons.
The pri Chodosh writes the Simcha is for the five new Talmidim
R.Akiva
acquired.
The Chasam Sofer (Shu"t
Y.D. 233) gives two other
reasons why we increase
with simcha on L. B.
1) Hod shebeHod (Kabalistic)
2) According to the Midrash the Manna (Mon) came down the first time on L. B.
The Chasam Sofer continues that it is not proper to establish L. B. as a a Yom Tov.
No Nes happened on that day and no mention of it in the Gemoro or Poskim as a
Yom Tov. The extent of the K'tzas
Simcha is only, not to fast and no hespeidim.
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