Posted on 02/12/2005 5:22:05 PM PST by Alouette
I believe you understand the allusion correctly.
R. Shimon bar Yochai is the traditional author of the intensely mystical (and abused in our time) ZOHAR, which is the primary text of the most popular school of mystical kosher 'kabbalah'; i.e., not someone to be taken lightly.
Rashi, who is learned precisely because he avoids the mystical for the most part, was relaying a powerful statement.
And now, thank YOU for that wonderful post!
Thank you
Reason 123034908344534534563313548 why I do not, repeat do not, trust Muslim rule in areas where Christian holy sites exist, much less where Jewish holy sites exist. The heathens want to destroy anything pre-islam and act like Islam suceeded and replaced Judaism and Christianity.
If Israel or the US had done this Mecca or the mosques that are on the Temple Mount, the howls would have been heard on the moon and riots would have happened in every city, town, and hamlet from Morocco to Indonesia.
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