Rabbi Simeon bar Yohai, (Simon son of Yohai), was a Palestinian rabbi during the Roman period, after the destruction of the Second Temple. According to legend, he criticized the Roman government and was forced to go into hiding with his son for many years. Palestine (Latin: Syria Palæstina; Hebrew: פלשתינה Palestina, ארץ־ישראל Eretz Yisrael; Arabic: فلسطين Filasá¹­Ä«n) is the region between the Mediterranean Sea and the banks of the Jordan River, plus various adjoining lands to the east. ... City motto: Senatus Populusque Romanus – SPQR (The Senate and the People of Rome) Founded 21 April 753 BC mythical, 1st millennium BC Region Latium Mayor Walter Veltroni (Democratici di Sinistra) Area  - City Proper  1290 km² Population  - City (2004)  - Metropolitan  - Density (city proper) 2,546,807 almost 4,000,000 1... Drawing of Herod the Greats Second Temple in Jerusalem A stone (2. ...

He is traditionally attributed with the authorship of the Zohar, the chief work of Jewish mysticism according to Orthodox Judaism. The Zohar (Hebrew זהר Zohar Splendor, radiance) is widely considered the most important work of Kabbalah, Jewish mysticism. ... The tree of life Kabbalah (קבלה Reception, Standard Hebrew Qabbala, Tiberian Hebrew Qabbālāh; also written variously as Cabala, Cabalah, Cabbala, Cabbalah, Kabala, Kabalah, Kabbala, Qabala, Qabalah) is a religious philosophical system claiming an insight into divine nature. ... Orthodox Judaism is that stream of Judaism which adheres to a relatively strict interpretation and application of the laws and ethics first canonized in the Talmud (Oral Law) and later codified in the Shulkhan Arukh. ...

He was one of the most eminent disciples of Aqiba. His master was executed by Hadrian, and Simeon's anti-Roman sentiments led to his own condemnation by Varna c. 161 AD (according to Graetz). He escaped this doom and dwelt for some years in a cavern. Emerging from concealment, Simon settled in Tiberias and in other Galilean cities. Rabbi Akiva (or Rebbi Akiva) was a famous Jewish rabbi of the 2nd century. ... Emperor Hadrian Publius Aelius Traianus Hadrianus (January 24, 76-July 10, 138), known as Hadrian in English, was Roman emperor from 117-138, and a member of the gens Aelia. ... This article is about a city in Bulgaria. ... Events March 7 - Roman emperor Antoninus Pius dies and is succeeded by co-Emperors Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus. ... Heinrich Graetz ( October 31, 1817 - September 7, 1891) was the first historian in the modern times who wrote a comprehensive history of the Jewish people from a Jewish perspective. ...

He acquired a reputation as a worker of miracles, and on this ground was sent to Rome as an envoy, where (legend tells) he exorcised from the emperor's daughter a demon who had obligingly entered the lady to enable Simeon to effect his miracle. City motto: Senatus Populusque Romanus – SPQR (The Senate and the People of Rome) Founded 21 April 753 BC mythical, 1st millennium BC Region Latium Mayor Walter Veltroni (Democratici di Sinistra) Area  - City Proper  1290 km² Population  - City (2004)  - Metropolitan  - Density (city proper) 2,546,807 almost 4,000,000 1...

This Rabbi bore a large part in the fixation of law, and his decisions are frequently quoted. To him were attributed the important legal homilies called Sifre and Mekhilta, and above all the Zohar, the Bible of the Kabbalah. This latter ascription is altogether unfounded, the real author of this mystical commentary on the Pentateuch being Moses of Leon. The tree of life. ... Torah, (תורה) is a Hebrew word meaning teaching, instruction, or especially Law. ...

The fullest account of Simeon's teachings is to be found in W Bacher's Agada der Tannaiten, ii. pp. 70-149.

This article incorporates text from the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, which is in the public domain.