"Meron at the site of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai's Kever ( the Rashbi), The "Zohar Kodesh"
Rabbi Shimon Ben Yochai was a tanna, he studied under Rabbi Akiva for 13 years. He is considered the vehicle and author that brought to the world the Zohar, the great work of Kabbalah. Reb Shimon bar Yochai protected his entire generation and it is said that while he lived a rainbow was never seen. A rainbow is considered to be a sign that the generation is worthy of great punishment. He left the world on the 18th day of Iyar, the thirty-third day of the Omer. He is buried in Meron. This day of his yartzeit (Hilulah) is considered to be one of extreme joy. On the day of his passing he reveled to his close students incredible kabbalistic teachings that are in the book of the Zohar. He requested that large bonfires be made on his yartzeit as a sign of revealed interaction between Haven and Earth. Today, when visiting Meron on LagBaOmer, Reb Shimon bar Yochai's Yartzeit (Hilulah), almost anyone's sixth sense is awakened and the air feels electrical (not of this world).
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