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Shimon bar Yochai (Zoharic Aramaic: שמעון בר יוחאי, Šimʿon bar Yoḥay) or Shimon ben Yochai (Mishnaic Hebrew: שמעון בן יוחאי), also known by the acronym Rashbi, was a 2nd-century tanna or sage of the period of Roman Judaea and early Syria Palaestina.
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Shimon bar Yochai, Galilean tanna, one of the most eminent disciples of the martyred rabbi Akiva ben Yosef and, traditionally, author of the Zohar, the most important work of Jewish mysticism.
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Yochai was a pacifist, was well-liked by the Romans, and was a bitter opponent of the revolt against Rome led by Rabbi Akiva and bar Kochba.
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Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai was a disciple of Rabbi Yehoshua and Rabbi Yehuda son of Baba, who secretly ordained Rabbi Shimon when this was forbidden by the Roman government.