What Was that about the Origins of the Zohar? Originally Published July 22-23, 2022.
July 22, 2022
Last week we mentioned the sparsely living and greatly studying Rabbi Shimon bar Yoḥai whose mysticism was carried forward through the Zohar. He was one of Rabbi Akiva’s precious few disciples who survived the revolt (or the plague), and it is said that later, after continuing to rail against Rome, he had to flee and […]
What is the Zohar? Originally Published July 15-16, 2022.
July 15, 2022
A while back we were discussing what is Lag BaOmer, and we mentioned the plague among Rabbi Akiva’s students, and that some scholars feel it was really referring to the students who participated in the revolt led by Bar Kochba against the Romans. So as not to become targets of the Romans, they may have […]