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What do you know about Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai?
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Post Tue, May 27 2008, 2:40 pm
Chossidmom, that makes two of us Wink that's beautiful, shalhevet. Thanks!
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Motek




 
 
    
 

Post Tue, May 27 2008, 3:46 pm
shalhevet wrote:
The celebration is that Rashbi revealed sodos (hidden secrets) of the Torah.


What's the source that says that he did so on Lag B'Omer? In my view, he did so on the day of his passing which was Lag B'Omer, but for those who don't think this is his yartzeit, or think they have no reason to believe so, I am still not hearing why the focus is on Rashbi on Lag B'Omer.

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Rashbi has other links to Lag B'Omer, especially that he was one of the talmidim of Rabbi Akiva.


Like the other four, yet the focus is not on them.

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Most Litvish celebrate this mattan Torah by learning Torah.


Different than other days of the year?
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Motek




 
 
    
 

Post Thu, Jun 26 2008, 5:04 pm
I read the following:

Lag B'Omer holds special significance in Boyan. The Boyaner Rebbe upholds a tradition that has been safeguarded in his family since the time of the first Boyaner Rebbe who was a son of the Sadigura Rebbe who was a son of the holy Ruzhiner Rebbe (1796-1850). The tradition is that he lights the bonfire in Miron.

The holy Ruzhiner said, "Lag B'Omer, the yartzeit of Rashbi is a joyous day for the world because during his lifetime, daas began to be revealed to the world."

The custom goes back 200 years when the holy Ruzhiner bought the right to light the bonfire on Lag B'Omer. However, since he never went to Israel, he never actually lit the fire. After his passing, the privilege was passed down to his son etc. (as detailed in Hamodia issue 509)
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amother


 

Post Thu, Jul 03 2014, 7:34 pm
anyone know what the names of rabbi shimon bar yochai's Mother/Wife/grandmother are?
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