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Simeon Bar Yoḥai

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Simeon Bar Yoḥai (2nd cent. CE). Jewish tanna. Simeon bar Yoḥai was a student of R. Akiva, and was vigorous in his opposition to the Romans. Surviving the Bar Kokhba revolt, he ‘revived the Torah at that time’ (B.Yev. 62b). He was betrayed to the Romans and was forced to live in hiding for twelve years. After he emerged, he established a yeshivah in Tekoa. He is traditionally credited with the authorship of the Zohar. Kabbalists remember his death on the festival of Lag Ba-Omer.

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