Prayers Before the Lighting on Lag BaOmer by the Esteemed Tzaddik Rabbi Eliezer Berland shlit"a

Prayer Before the Lighting on Lag BaOmer by Our Esteemed Teacher, the Esteemed Tzaddik Rabbi Eliezer Berland shlit"a

Master of the Universe, Holy, Awesome, and Fearsome - Holy is He - at the time when I am going to light the holy bonfire in honor of the neshamah (soul) of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai, who was entirely a flame for Hashem, and a wall of fire surrounded and enveloped him and his students during his study until their entire bodies turned into a torch of fire.

Please, Merciful and Gracious One, Omnipotent, for whom no plan is too difficult, ignite this fire in our hearts, even in the heart of a person as lowly as myself, and may all the fire burning within me day and night turn into a flame for Hashem until my entire body becomes a torch of fire, a flame for Hashem, "O God, You are my God, I seek You, my soul thirsts for You, my flesh longs for You, in a dry and weary land without water, so I have seen You in the sanctuary, to behold Your power and glory" [Psalms 63:2-3].

Until I merit, through the merit of this fire that we are kindling now in honor of the neshamah (soul) of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai, that we merit that the flame of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai will enter within us, until we all merit, like Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai, to burn towards You day and night, until we all merit on this day to reach the wondrous levels of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai, who merited to see You face to face like Moses our teacher when he ascended to receive the tablets.

And may we all merit that this day will be a preparation for the giving of the Torah, which was given with voices and lightning, fire and torches, until we also merit to see You at every moment, face to face, through the merit of the lighting in honor of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai.

Another Prayer Before the Lighting on Lag BaOmer by Our Esteemed Teacher, the Esteemed Tzaddik Rabbi Eliezer Berland shlit"a