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Lag B’omer: Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai





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Rabbi Leib Schapiro
Rabbi Leib Schapiro, a noted Talmudic scholar, is the dean of the Yeshiva Gedola Rabbinical College of Greater Miami, the rabbi of Congregation Beis Menachem, and a community leader in Miami Beach, Florida.


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Lag B’omer: Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai
On Lag Ba’omer we celebrate the passing of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai, author of the Zohar. Why is this great reason to celebrate?  (45:14)
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