A Rebbe's Guide to the Month of Iyar 
* Permutation: YKHW.
* Sign: Taurus.
* Letter: Waw.
* Tribe: Yssahar.
* Organ: Right Kidney.
* Healing: Thought.
The letters of this month, "Aleph, Yud, Yud, Reish" are the first letters of our holy fathers and mother: Avraham, Yizhok, Yaakov and Rochel.
Also, this month is named Iyar since the light of the sun becomes exceedingly great this month.
Also, because this is the month that Moshe Rabbeinu began to teach us the Torah which is called "oreitha -- Source of Light".
Significant Dates 
* Rosh Hodesh, 16 days in Omer, Fixing of "Gvura shebTiferes".
Yahrzeits of o Reb Mendele Vitebsk, 5548.
o The Slonimer, 5693.
* 2: 17 days in Omer and Fixing of "Tiferes shebTiferes".
Yahrzeit of Reb Shmelke of Nikolsburg.
* 3. 18 days in Omer and Fixing of "Nezach shebTiferes".
* 4. 19 days in Omer and Fixing of "Hod shebTiferes".
Memorial Observance for the Soldiers of Eretz-Yisroel.
* 5. 20 days in Omer and Fixing of "Ysod shebTiferes".
On this day in 5708, Ben Gurion read the "Proclamation of Statehood" in Tel-Aviv.
* 6. Completion of Third Week in Omer and Fixing of "Malkus shebTiferes.
* 7. 22 days in Omer and Fixing of "Hesed shebNezach".
* 8. 23 days in Omer and Fixing of "Gvura shebNezach".
* 9. 24 days in Omer and Fixing of "Tiferes shebNezach".
* 10: 25 days in Omer. Fixing of "Nezach shebNezach". Yahrzeits of o Reb Yheal Komarner, 5634.
o Stoliner Rebbe, 5642.
* 11: 26 days in Omer and Fixing of "Hod shebNezach".
Yahrzeits of o Reb Naftali Ropshitzer, 5587.
o The Stretiner, 5604.
The Holy Rophshitzer gives over the Secret of How to Die 
After Reb Naftali Ropshitzer was niftar (passed away), the chasidim came to visit Belz. The Belzer taught Reb Naftali's chasidim that the secret of dying required one's letting go of jealousy and anger.
Afterward, the rebbetsn asked the chasidim, "So what do you think of my man (the Belzer)." The chasidim told the Rebbetsn, "We shall tell you, provided you first let go of any feelings of jealousy and anger you might have." The Rebbetsn retreated to a corner for a few moments and prepared herself to hear the words of Reb Naftali's chasidim.
The chasidim told the Rebbetsn, "Your husband (the Belzer) told us the secret of dying means letting go of jealousy and anger. Much as your husband is holy and deep, our Rebbe, Reb Naftali was yet deeper still.
Once we were in the kitchen of our Rebbe and we asked him, 'Rebbe, please give over to us the secret of dying.' Rebbe Naftali paused and said, 'Do you really want to know? First let go of any feelings of jealousy and anger that you have, only then can the secret of dying be revealed to you.' For hours we prepared ourselves. Then the Rebbe came into the kitchen as we were cooking chulent. He tossed a potato into a big pot full of boiling water. Some water splashed out and scalded us.
The Rebbe then chuckled, 'Ha Ha Ha. So you want to know the secret of dying? Ha Ha Ha.'" 
* 12: 27 days in Omer. Fixing of "Ysod shebNezach". Yahrzeits of o M'sad Abuhzeira, father of the Baba Sali.
o Reb Shalom Simcha, 5755.
* 13. Completion of Four Weeks in Omer and Fixing of "Malkus shebNezach".
* 14. Pesah Sheini.
29 days in Omer. Fixing of "Hesed shebHod".
Yahrzeit of Rebbe Meir bal haNeis, 3881.
* 15. 30 days in Omer and Fixing of "Gvura shebHod"./LI> * 16. 31 days in Omer and Fixing of "Tiferes shebHod".
* 17: 32 days in Omer. Fixing of "Nezach shebHod". Yahrzeits of o The Gaon, the Noda b'Yehuda, 5553.
o The Degel Mahne Ephrayim, 5560.
* 18: "Lag b'Omer" (33 days). Fixing of "Hod shebHod". Yahrzeits of o Rabbon Shimon bar Yohai, 3881.
o The Ramoh of Krakow, 5332.
* 19: 34 days in Omer. Fixing of "Ysod shebHod".
Yahrzeits of o Reb Meir of Rutenburg, 5053.
o Reb Mendle Rimanover, 5575.
o Reb Motele Chernobler, 5597.
After Dovidl Leikes revealed himself to be a Rebbe, he gave over to Reb Motele how to connect with the thirty-six hidden Tzaddikim.
Until then, Reb Motele was learning all day in the Beis Medresh.
So Reb Dovidl Leikes told Reb Motele, "I need to marry off a poor bride. Go into town and collect for me one thousand Rubles." Reb Motele went off to do as Reb Dovidl told him, but he wasn't very eager. Upon reaching town, he sees the town thief, Moshele the Ganif. singing and dancing his way to jail, escorted by two policemen. So Reb Motele asks him, "Moshele, how did you get yourself caught?" So he answers, "You know that I never steal from us schleppers, only from people who come from out of town. They can well afford my services... So last week I heard that a nephew of the Czar was staying at the town kretchmer... so how could I not steal from him? But as you know, the czar's nephew, he has protectzia, right? Until I was left alone, but this time, they tell me I went too far... So now I am going to jail!" 
So Reb Mendele asks him, "Moshele, I know we all need parnasa (livelihood), but why did you have to chose this profession? So Moishele answered, "Don't you know? I am no ordinary thief, I am an expert thief. So what if I get caught every so often? Why shouldn't I enjoy doing what I am good at?" Hearing this, Reb Motele went to town and collected a thousand Rubles in great joy.
When Reb Motele returned to his Rebbe he asked him, "So, noo Motele, what does Eliyahu haNavi look like when walking between two policemen?" 
* 20. Completion of Five Weeks in Omer and Fixing of "Malkus shebHod".
* 21. 36 days in Omer and Fixing of "Hesed shebYsod".
* 22. 37 days in Omer and Fixing of "Gvura shebYsod".
* 23. 38 days in Omer and Fixing of "Tiferes shebYsod".
* 24. 39 days in Omer and Fixing of "Nezach shebYsod".
* 25. 40 days in Omer and Fixing of "Hod shebYsod".
* 26. 41 days in Omer and Fixing of "Ysod shebYsod".
* 27: Completion of Six Weeks in Omer and Fixing of "Malkus shebYsod".
Yahrzeit of Reb Meyrl of Amshinov, 5736.
* 28: 43 days in Omer. Fixing of "Hesed shebMalkus".
Yahrzeits of o Trisker Maggid, 5672.
o Yehudah Yosef Eliyahu Chaim, 5755.
On this day in 5728, the place of the Holy Temple was returned to the Jewish people.
* 29: 44 days in Omer. Fixing of "Tiferes shebMalkus".
Yahrzeit of Reb Shlomole Radziner, 5702.