Rabbi Akiva and his students, one of whom was the famed Shimon Bar Yochai (Rashbi), are strongly associated with the days of Omer. According to legend, it was on Lag Ba’Omer that Rashbi left his ...
Rabbi Meir Eliyahu Pinto prayed alongside students of the “Shuva Yisrael” yeshiva at the tomb of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai (Rashbi) and at the resting places of the Ari HaKadosh, the Ramak ...