Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai is one of the great Sages of Jewish history, a student of Rabbi Akiva, and the author of the Zohar. Thousands travel to his tomb on Lag B’Omer. What can we learn from his life? The words of Chazal (our Sages) fill the Talmud, Midrash, and other books with fascinating stories of our Tannaim. […]
