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Knowledge Base » People & Events » People » Mishnaic Sages » Simeon ben Yohai, Rabbi
Simeon ben Yohai, Rabbi: (c. 100-160 CE) Mishnaic sage and mystic, student of Rabbi Akiba. When he evoked the wrath of the Roman authorities, he, together with his son Eleazar, hid in a cave for thirteen years, where their needs were miraculously provided for. He authored the Zohar, the most fundamental kabbalistic work. The anniversary of his passing, the 18th of Iyar, known as Lag BaOmer, is celebrated every year, as per his request. |
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Lag BaOmer
The Soul of Torah
May 12, 2009
Jewish Holidays » Lag BaOmer
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Shimon Ben Yochai
By Nissan Mindel
Every year, when Lag B'Omer (Iyar 18) comes around we remember the great and holy Tanna Rabbi Shimon ben Yochai, who died on this day about eighteen centuries ago. To this day, pious Jews make an annual pilgrimage to Kefar Meron, in the Land of Israel, ...
Library » Jewish History » Gallery of Our Great » The Mishnaic Age » Shimon Ben Yochai
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Living in the Future
By Yanki Tauber
It's my favorite oxymoron: If one indeed lives in the future, it's not the future anymore, is it? And if one only thinks he's living in the future, than he's not really living there, is he?
Spirituality » Short Insights » By Yanki Tauber » Living in the Future
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Passing of R. Shimon bar Yochai
2nd century CE
Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai ("Rashbi"), was a leading disciple of Rabbi Akiva and one of the most important tana'im whose teachings of Torah law are collected in the Mishnah. He was also the first to publicly teach the mystical dimension of the Torah known ...
Jewish Calendar » Jewish Calendar » Iyar » Iyar 18 » Jewish History » Passing of R. Shimon bar Yochai
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A Bond of Oneness: The Legacy of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai
From the talks of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson
Fusing the Material with the Spiritual
Lag BaOmer commemorates the passing of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai, one of the foremost sages of the Talmud and author of the Zohar, the primary text of the Kabbalah. Rabbi Shimon’s knowledge extended from the ...
Spirituality » Chassidic Texts » Timeless Patterns in Time » Lag BaOmer » A Bond of Oneness: The Legacy of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai
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The Levites
Ethics 2:2
By Yanki Tauber
Heaven or earth? The kollel or the kibbutz? We Jews have been debating the
issue for as long as we have been a people
Library » Ethics of the Fathers » Chapter 2 » Insights » The Levites
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A Joyous Divorce
Midrash Rabbah, Shir HaShirim 1
Just as they celebrated with joy their mutual bond when they got married -- Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai said to the couple -- so should their divorce be celebrated in joy
Library » Stories » From the Sages » A Joyous Divorce
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Bow and Arrow
By Yanki Tauber
There comes a point at which the external resources we've come to rely on are suddenly ineffectual, and the only place to turn is inward, to ourselves
Spirituality » Short Insights » By Yanki Tauber » Bow and Arrow
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24,000 Plus One
Based on the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe
Rabbi Akiva taught that "Love your fellow as yourself" is a "cardinal principle in Torah." How was it that that Rabbi Akiva's disciples, of all people, were deficient in this area?
Jewish Holidays » Lag BaOmer » 24,000 Plus One
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The Practical Implications of Infinity
Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai and the essence of Jewish mysticism
By Jonathan Sacks
Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai and the essence of Jewish mysticism
Spirituality » Essays » The Practical Implications of Infinity
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