...the day on which we commemorate the passing of the famous sage Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai (Rashbi). Famous indeed. There isn't a chapter of the Mishna that does not contain a statement made by Rabbi Shimon...Famous? ok...
Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai, who lived in the 2nd century of the Common Era, (uh-oh) was the first to publicly teach the mystical (hmm) dimension of the Torah known as the "Kabbalah," (aha) and is the author of the basic work of Kabbalah, the Zohar. On the day of his passing, Rabbi Shimon instructed his disciples to mark the date as "the day of my joy."(parentheses mine)
One commentor on Wikipedia asks:
When will we be as careful and joyous in the fulfillment of all the Creator's commandments before we are so extravagant in the observance of human innovations which are contrary to and annexed onto His Torah?
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