Editing Moshe Rabbeinu (section)

== Moshe and Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai ==
The Rebbe explains the difference between Moshe Rabbeinu and Rashbi, that 7 Adar is a fast day, while Lag B'Omer is a day of hillula, which is a matter of joy.

The explanation is: In the time of the Beit Hamikdash, and similarly in the time of the Mishkan when Bnei Yisroel were in the desert, when there was revelation of Elokut, "the guardian himself entered the garden" - there was complete unity of Kudsha Brich Hu and Shechinteih, "unity of Kudsha Brich Hu Himself," and therefore there was no need for the unity achieved through the souls of tzaddikim at their passing, because compared to the true unity of Kudsha Brich Hu Himself, this is not an elevation at all, and therefore, the passing of Moshe Rabbeinu is only a matter of descent.

But the passing of Rashbi which was in the time of exile (for there was already the Roman exile) - since then there wasn't complete unity of Kudsha Brich Hu Himself, and then there is only the unity achieved through the souls of tzaddikim at their passing, "then even this level is called hillula," as explained in the Zohar that then his face was shining, which is a matter of great additional light above through the elevation of all of Rashbi's service at the time of his passing.