Shimon bar Yochai (Zoharic Aramaic: שמעון בר יוחאי, Shim'on bar Yoḥai) or Shimon ben Yochai (Mishnaic Hebrew: שמעון בן יוחאי, Shim'on ben Yoḥai),[note 1] also known by the acronym Rashbi,[note 2] was a 2nd-century tannaitic sage in ancient Judea. He was one of the most eminent disciples of Rabbi Akiva. The Zohar, a 13th century foundational work of Kabbalah, is ascribed to him by Kabbalistic tradition.
In addition, the important legal works called Sifre and Mekhilta are attributed to him (not to be confused with the Mekhilta of Rabbi Ishmael, of which much of the text is the same). In the Mishnah, where he is the fourth-most mentioned sage,[1] he is referred to as simply "Rabbi Shimon" (except Hagigah 1:7). In the baraita, midrash and gemara his name occurs either as Shimon or as Shimon ben Yochai.
According to modern legend, he and his son, Eleazar ben Simeon, were noted kabbalists.[2] Both figures are held in unique reverence by kabbalistic tradition. By tradition they were buried in the same tomb in Meron, Israel, which is visited by thousands year round.
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^Drew Kaplan, "Rabbinic Popularity in the Mishnah VII: Top Ten Overall [Final Tally] Drew Kaplan's Blog (5 July 2011).
^The Rav Shabtai Ben Yaakov Yitzhak Lifshitz, Segulot Israel (The Virtue of Israel), Set no. 7, Item 5
ShimonbarYochai (Zoharic Aramaic: שמעון בר יוחאי, Shim'on bar Yoḥai) or Shimon ben Yochai (Mishnaic Hebrew: שמעון בן יוחאי, Shim'on ben Yoḥai), also...
The tomb of ShimonbarYochai (Hebrew: קבר רבי שמעון בר יוחאי), or Kever Rashbi (קבר רשב״י), on Mount Meron is the traditional burial place of the 2nd-century...
flock to the 'Yom Hillula' (day of rejoicing) at the tomb of Rabbi ShimonbarYochai in Meron, Israel. The highlight of the event is the traditional bonfire...
the Hillula of Rabbi ShimonbarYochai and/or the anniversary of his death. According to a late medieval tradition, Simeon ben Yochai is buried in Meron...
halakha on Book of Exodus from the school of Rabbi Akiva attributed to ShimonbarYochai. No midrash of this name is mentioned in Talmudic literature, but...
the souls and direct revelations from the earlier mystic circle of ShimonbarYochai in 2nd century Galilee depicted in the Zohar's narrative. Academics...
Hillula was celebrated is that of Rabbi ShimonbarYochai, on Lag Baomer[citation needed]. Rabbi ShimonBarYochai referred to this day as Yom Simchato ("the...
rabbinic literature from the second century CE onwards e.g. Rabbi ShimonbarYochai, Origen, Augustine of Hippo, Julius Africanus, and the Letters attributed...
apostate) Fourth Generation after the revolt: Shimon ben Gamliel of Yavne, Rabbi Meir, ShimonbarYochai (who, according to traditional lore, wrote the...
Shimon ben Yochai; the question has likewise been raised whether, given the well-known close relation that existed between the school of Shimonbar Yochai...
century AD onwards in both Christian and Jewish sources (e.g., Rabbi ShimonbarYochai, Augustine of Hippo, Sextus Julius Africanus, and the Letters attributed...
Meron, Israel, during the annual pilgrimage to the tomb of Rabbi ShimonbarYochai on the Jewish holiday of Lag BaOmer, at which it was estimated that...
numerous piyyutim, the most well-known of which is "BarYochai", written in praise of Rabbi ShimonbarYochai, author of the Zohar. This composition displays...
Kabbalah, attributed to the circle of its central protagonist Rabbi ShimonBarYochai in the 2nd century CE, for opening up the study of Jewish Mysticism...
talmudical hermeneutics). Other important mekhiltas were those of ShimonbarYochai and on Book of Deuteronomy. The latter work was also associated with...
commemorate the Mishnaic sage Rabbi ShimonBarYochai who according to tradition died on Lag BaOmer. Rabbi ShimonBarYochai is accredited with having composed...
Havivin Volume 5 [2011], Is there an obligation to believe that Rebbe ShimonbarYochai wrote the Zohar?, p. ה [PDF page 126], footnote 13 [Hebrew]). In a...
Talmud says that in a dispute between Rabbi Jose b. Halafta and Rabbi ShimonBarYochai, the halakha follows Rabbi Jose b. Halafta. So, too, in any dispute...
a Jewish writer named Moses de León. De León ascribed the work to ShimonbarYochai ("Rashbi"), a rabbi of the 2nd century during the Roman persecution...
rigid conformity or literal confinement to them." Iraqi-Israeli author Shimon Ballas' novel Outcast, published in English in 2007, features an Elisha-like...
Mekilta, while that of the school of R. Akiva is the Mekilta of R. ShimonbarYochai, most of which is contained in Midrash ha-Gadol. A halakhic midrash...
Rabbis Judah ben Ilai, Eleazar ben Shammua, Jose ben Halafta, and ShimonbarYochai. Meir entered the school of Rabbi Akiva, then went to the school of...
mid-eighth century about the revelations of the 2nd-century rabbi ShimonbarYochai, also known as Rashbi. It presented a Judaic messianic interpretation...
five main students were Judah bar Ilai, Rabbi Meir, Rabbi Eleazar ben Shammua, Jose ben Halafta and ShimonbarYochai. Once he was called upon to decide...
century CE) – Death of ShimonbarYochai[citation needed] On the day of his death—Iyar 18, the 33rd day of the Omer Count—Rabbi Shimon gathered his disciples...
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