Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai and the Two Myrtle Bundles
Leaving the cave, Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai and his son meet an old man carrying two myrtle bundles for Shabbos: one for 'zachor' and one for 'shamor.'
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Leaving the cave, Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai and his son meet an old man carrying two myrtle bundles for Shabbos: one for 'zachor' and one for 'shamor.'
Rabbah bar Avuhah finds Eliyahu HaNavi standing in a non-Jewish cemetery and asks how a kohen may be there; Eliyahu cites Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai.
In Gan Eden, Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai asks Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi if a rainbow was seen in his lifetime. Out of humility, he says yes, though none was.
Defying a Roman death decree, Rabbi Yehudah ben Bava ordains the next generation's sages between two cities, then stays behind so they can flee the soldiers.
His students ask Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai why the manna fell every day instead of once a year, and he answers with a parable of a king and his only son.