What is Simeon bar Yochai?
[[Rabbi]] Shimon bar Yochai was a [[Rabbi]] from the [[Talmud]]. It’s said that when Rabbi Yehudah praised the [[Roman Empire]] for building [[good]] things, Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai criticized the Romans saying that everything they did they only did to [[help]] themselves instead of the [[Jew]]s while Rabbi Yossi said nothing. So the Romans [[exile]]d Rabbi Yossi, [[reward]]ed Rabbi Yehuda and sentenced Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai to [[death]]. To escape, Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai and his [[son]] went into [[exile]] and spent years in a [[cave]] learning [[Torah]] from [[Elijah]]. When it was safe for them to leave they left and when Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai saw [[Jewish]] [[farmer]]s [[farming]] instead of [[studying]] [[Torah]], he criticized them so the [[field]] caught on [[fire]] and a [[voice]] from [[heaven]] asked “Have you come out to destroy my [[world]]” and told Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai and his son to go back to the cave. They did. One [[year]] later, Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai and his [[son]] left the cave and after speaking to the other [[Jews]], Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai [[praise]]d them for how much they [[honour]]ed the [[Sabbath]]. According to [[tradition]], what Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai learned from Elijah eventually became the [[Zohar]]. [[Category:Rabbis]]