Shimon bar Yochai (Zoharic Aramaic: שמעון בר יוחאי, Šimʿon bar Yoḥay) or Shimon ben Yochai (Mishnaic Hebrew: שמעון בן יוחאי), also known by the acronym...
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the Hillula of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai and/or the anniversary of his death. According to a late medieval tradition, Simeon ben Yochai is buried in Meron...
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The tomb of Shimon bar Yochai (Hebrew: קבר רבי שמעון בר יוחאי), or Kever Rashbi (קבר רשב״י), on Mount Meron is the traditional burial place of the 2nd-century...
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Meron, Israel (section Tomb of Shimon Bar Yochai)
HaGalil Regional Council. Meron is most famous for the tomb of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai, and is the site of annual mass public commemoration of Lag Ba'Omer...
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halakha on Book of Exodus from the school of Rabbi Akiva attributed to Shimon bar Yochai. No midrash of this name is mentioned in Talmudic literature, but...
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flock to the 'Yom Hillula' (day of rejoicing) at the tomb of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai in Meron, Israel. The highlight of the event is the traditional bonfire...
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Yom Hillula (section Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai)
Hillula was celebrated is that of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai, on Lag Baomer[citation needed]. Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai referred to this day as Yom Simchato ("the...
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the souls and direct revelations from the earlier mystic circle of Shimon bar Yochai in 2nd century Galilee depicted in the Zohar's narrative. Academics...
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hands down a halakhah by Jose in Menachot 14a. Judah studied from Shimon bar Yochai in Teqoa, a place some have identified with Meron. He also studied...
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apostate) Fourth Generation after the revolt: Shimon ben Gamliel of Yavne, Rabbi Meir, Shimon bar Yochai (who, according to traditional lore, wrote the...
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Shimon ben Yochai; the question has likewise been raised whether, given the well-known close relation that existed between the school of Shimon bar Yochai...
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north of the country. The village of Meron and the tomb of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai are on Mount Meron. Leading up to the anniversary of his death on...
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own work, despite his claim that he took traditions going back to Shimon bar Yochai and committed them to writing. His other works include Sefer ha-Rimon...
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century AD onwards in both Christian and Jewish sources (e.g., Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai, Augustine of Hippo, Sextus Julius Africanus, and the Letters attributed...
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commemorate the Mishnaic sage Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai who according to tradition died on Lag BaOmer. Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai is accredited with having composed...
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"Bar Yochai" (Hebrew: בַּר יוֹחַאי) is a kabbalistic piyyut (poem or hymn) extolling the spiritual attainments of Simeon bar Yochai, the purported author...
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talmudical hermeneutics). Other important mekhiltas were those of Shimon bar Yochai and on Book of Deuteronomy. The latter work was also associated with...
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rabbinic literature from the second century CE onwards e.g. Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai, Origen, Augustine of Hippo, Julius Africanus, and the Letters attributed...
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a Jewish writer named Moses de León. De León ascribed the work to Shimon bar Yochai ("Rashbi"), a rabbi of the 2nd century during the Roman persecution...
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Meron, Israel, during the annual pilgrimage to the tomb of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai on the Jewish holiday of Lag BaOmer, at which it was estimated that...
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Kabbalah, attributed to the circle of its central protagonist Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai in the 2nd century CE, for opening up the study of Jewish Mysticism...
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Havivin Volume 5 [2011], Is there an obligation to believe that Rebbe Shimon bar Yochai wrote the Zohar?, p. ה [PDF page 126], footnote 13 [Hebrew]). In a...
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by the Sephardim in Jerusalem[clarification needed] at the tomb of Shimon bar Yochai during the summer, but during the winter they take the boy to the...
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rigid conformity or literal confinement to them." Iraqi-Israeli author Shimon Ballas' novel Outcast, published in English in 2007, features an Elisha-like...
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Rabbi Akiva (category Bar Kokhba revolt)
five main students were Judah bar Ilai, Rabbi Meir, Rabbi Eleazar ben Shammua, Jose ben Halafta and Shimon bar Yochai. Once he was called upon to decide...
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Holy Lamp (a title for Shimon bar Yochai) replied, "Saba, it is proper that you reveal this secret that the chevraya (Rabbi Shimon's circle of disciples)...
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Abuyah Akiva Ishmael ben Elisha Tarfon Shimon ben Gamliel II Meir Yehudah Yose ben Halafta Shimon bar Yochai Elazar ben Shammua Natan Yehudah haNasi...
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Mekilta, while that of the school of R. Akiva is the Mekilta of R. Shimon bar Yochai, most of which is contained in Midrash ha-Gadol. A halakhic midrash...
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while ordaining his students Rabbi Meir, Rabbi Judah ha-Nasi, R' Shimon bar Yochai, R' Jose ben Halafta, and R' Elazar ben Shamua in a place between...
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Zohar in the late 13th century. Attributed to the 2nd-century sage Shimon bar Yochai but likely compiled by Moses de León, the Zohar describes Binah as...
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