Who Was Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai & What Can We Learn From Him?

Lag B’Omer commemorates the anniversary of the death of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai, a second century Talmudic sage known for learning Torah in a cave for 12 years and revealing the mystical secrets of the Kabbalah to the world. Produced by by Aleph Beta Academy, this animated video (12:20) reexamines the Talmudic tales of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai to reveal messages that are relevant to our modern day lives. On Lag B’Omer, tens of thousands of people in Israel celebrate the holiday at the burial place of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai in Meron, a small town in Northern Israel.Â