Ari Lesser - Lag BaOmer - Shimon Bar Yochai

Well, Shimon Bara was a holy guy who was so much wiser than you or I. He was a true believer, an overachiever from the yeshiva of Reba. The Romans came and banned Torah teaching, but Rebi Aka kept on preaching in prison. He still taught students until the Romans had him tortured and killed. And it was after this that Rebi Shimon and two of his friends were discussing Rome. Yehuda said that the Romans were sweet for building bathous, bridges, and streets. Yosi sat silently. He heard everything that was said, but he spoke no word. And Shimon answered and said, "All this that they made, they made for their own interest. They built marketplaces just to recruit and fill our streets up with prostitutes. The bathous just for themselves to wash, and the bridges are to tax all those who cross." Now when the Romans heard how these sages debated, they praised Yehuda, had him elevated. They exiled Yosi for just sitting still and declared that Shimon would have to be killed, so he and his son had to hide away. They stayed in the bait mid dry each day. His wife would bring them some water and bread, but he feared they would torture her, so they fled. It's lobb. So leave your home like Rebby Shimone on Mount Marone. Don't stay and hide in your cave. Go play with your friends outside. It's a beautiful day. Shoot your bow and arrow up in the sky. Get high on Torah like bario high. Light your bonfire. Pulling all nighter on the yard sight of the Zohar's rider. Well, Shimon and his son had to hide in a cave. Only by a miracle were they saved. A carob tree and a well were created for them to eat and drink while they waited. They sat naked with sand up to their necks to protect their garments from getting wrecked. only put on clothes when it was time to pray while they stayed in that cave and studied all day. 12 years they lived there on their own and secrets were shown to Rebby Shimon. The concealed was revealed to Baro High clear as that day on Har finally Elijah appeared and said the decrees been cancelled the Caesar's dead. So they emerged but they saw there a man who was plowing and planting seeds in the land. surprised they cried, "How could he forsake eternal life? For this life is fake." And then every place to which they turn their eyes just went up in flames and burned until a voice from heaven cried, "Have you emerged and come outside to destroy my world? You can't behave like this now. Go back to your cave." So they returned there, forced to dwell 12 months like the wicked stay in hell. Until that voice from heaven said, "Leave your cave." So they did. It's lock on me. So leave your home like rebone on Mount Marone. Don't stay and hide in your cave. Go play with your friends outside. It's a beautiful day. Shoot your bow and arrow up in the sky. Get high on Torah like Baro High. Light your bonfire pulling all nighter on the yard side of the Zohar's rider. Well, many years went by and bar was laying in bed about to die. It was like on May the 33rd day and when the sun set he would pass away. He knew it was his last chance to give over all his wisdom while he still lived. And so he began to reveal many more secrets of Torah than ever before. His students gathered around his bed. Rabbi Aba wrote every word he said. He was talking fast cuz if a thing was lost, future generations would pay the cost trying to fit all he had to say to his students into that single day. Rebi Abba was writing, but the sunlight was sinking and there was too much to write. But he kept on teaching and teaching and yet the sun stood still and refused to set. A burning fire surrounded the house so none could enter, none could go out. And when he finished teaching, at last the house was lit by a brilliant flash. As Rebi Shimon returned his soul to its makeup, pure, righteous, and whole. And until this day, the whole Jewish nation is still being nourished by his revelation. Baro High gave us the Zohar on the 18th day in the month of Yusb. Leave your home like Rev Shimon on Mount Marone. Don't stay and hide in your cave. Go play with your friends outside. It's a beautiful day. Shoot your bow and arrow up in the sky. Get high on Torah like Baro High. Light your bonfire pulling all nighter on the yard sight of the Zohar's rider.