*D”T On Lag Baomer*
the pri chodosh asks- whats the big simcha of lag baomer? the reason the talmidim stopped dying was because there was no talmidim left to die! He answers that he finally figured out what the simcha of lag baomer is-he says the day that R’ Akiva’s talmidim stopped dying he went out and found 5 new talmidim. The simcha is that Rabi Akiva didn’t give and say ok 24000 of my talmidim died its not worth it but he went out and tried again. This was the middah of Rabi Akiva. and in that zechus the whole gemoro is from r’ akiva. Stam mishna is r’ meir, stam sifra is r’ yehuda etc. and all are like r’ akiva. All because r’ akiva did not give up, and when a person doesnt give up Hashem helps him succeed way beyond his imagination. That- says the pri chodosh- is the simcha of Lag Baomer.