Rabbi Shimon facts
When is rabbi Shimon’s yartzeit?
Lag baomer
What day of the Omer is lag baomer?
The 33rd
How many days of sefira are there?
49
What is the abbreviation of rabbi Shimon bar yochais name?
Rashbi
How long was rabbi Shimon in the cave?
13 years
What was rabbi Shimon’s fathers name?
Yochai
What else happened on lag baomer according to the chassam Sofer?
Bnei Yisroel received the ma’am for the first time
What are three things we don’t do during sefira?
Listen to music, cut hair and get married
Where in Israel is meron locate?
The north
What food did rabbi Shimon’s wife bring?
Bread and water
What is the name of rabbi Shimon’s son?
Rabbi elazar
Which Jewish historian recorded lag baomer in history?
Josephus
What else happened on lag baomer?
Some sources say bar Kochba won the war
Who was rabbi Akiva’s rebbe?
Rabbi eliezer Ben hyrkinus
How did rabbi Shimon and his son know to leave the cave?
They heard a bad kol
How many stanzas are in the song bar yochai?
10
Who lights the bonfire in meron?
The Boyaner Rebbe
What is not won of the middos we focus on during sefira?
Rachamim
Who lights the fire in meron on lag baomer?
The boyaner rebbe
After which roman emperor was rabbi Shimon able to leave the cave?
Hadrian
Rabbi Shimon was one of the five rabbis in the Haggadah in bnei brak, who are the others?
Rabbi tarfon, rabbi Akiva, rabbi eliezer, rabbi elazar Ben azaria
What fruit do we eat on lag baomer and why?
Carob because that’s the only thing rabbi Shimon ate in the cave
What minhag is there to do in meron on lag baomer?
Upsherin in meron
What other mass casualty event happened in meron?
In may of 1911 eleven people were killed in meron
Where is the cave and who lives ther now ?
The cave is in pekiin and mostly Druze and Greek Orthodox people live there