tomb of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai

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Jewish pilgrimage site religious site tomb

The tomb of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai is a major Jewish pilgrimage site in northern Israel, traditionally revered as the burial place of the famed 2nd-century sage and mystic associated with the Zohar.

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Label Occurrences
Tomb of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai 2
Tomb of Rabbi Elazar ben Shimon 1
tomb of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai canonical 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Jewish pilgrimage site ⓘ
religious site ⓘ
tomb ⓘ
access road access from Safed and Tiberias area ⓘ
administrativeIssues subject to crowd control and safety regulations ⓘ
annualEvent Lag BaOmer celebrations ⓘ
associatedBurial Rabbi Eleazar ben Shimon ⓘ
surface form: Rabbi Elazar ben Shimon
associatedWith Kabbalah ⓘ
surface form: Jewish mysticism

Kabbalah ⓘ
Shimon bar Yochai ⓘ
surface form: Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai

Zohar ⓘ
contains courtyards ⓘ
hospitality facilities ⓘ
prayer halls ⓘ
separate men’s and women’s sections ⓘ
study areas ⓘ
country Israel ⓘ
culturalSignificance important site for Kabbalistic tradition ⓘ
symbol of veneration for Tannaitic sages ⓘ
customAtSite charity giving ⓘ
haircutting ceremonies for three-year-old boys ⓘ
lighting bonfires on Lag BaOmer ⓘ
prayer ⓘ
recitation of Psalms ⓘ
recitation of Zohar passages ⓘ
HebrewName קבר רבי שמעון בר יוחאי ⓘ
heritageStatus important site in Jewish religious heritage ⓘ
locatedIn Mount Meron ⓘ
surface form: Meron

Northern District, Israel ⓘ
mainPilgrimageOccasion Lag BaOmer ⓘ
near Mount Meron ⓘ
Safed ⓘ
notableEvent crowd crush disaster on Lag BaOmer 2021 ⓘ
partOf Meron pilgrimage complex ⓘ
pilgrimageType Jewish pilgrimage ⓘ
religion Judaism ⓘ
safetyConcern overcrowding during mass pilgrimages ⓘ
shortHebrewName קבר רשב"י ⓘ
significance major Jewish pilgrimage destination ⓘ
tourismCategory religious tourism site in Israel ⓘ
traditionallyBurialPlaceOf Shimon bar Yochai ⓘ
surface form: Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai
visitedBy Haredi Jews ⓘ
Hasidism ⓘ
surface form: Hasidic Jews

Mizrahi Jews ⓘ
Religious Zionist Jews ⓘ
Sephardi Jews ⓘ
tourists ⓘ
traditional Jews ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Meron mountain range → hasReligiousSite → tomb of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai ⓘ
Mount Meron → hasTomb → tomb of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tomb of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai
Mount Meron → hasTomb → tomb of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tomb of Rabbi Elazar ben Shimon
Lag BaOmer → pilgrimageSite → tomb of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tomb of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai