[Avodah] Shimon bar yochai interpretation

[Micha Berger]

On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 09:20:07PM -0500, Meir Shinnar wrote:
: In the Steinsaltz gemara on shabbbat 33, discussing the episode of
: shimon bar yochai in the cave...

Side question.... Any reason why RSBY doesn't get a title? Is there a
place where it's omitted in the gemara?

...
: Does anyone know who this bet yaakov is? He is not listed in the list
of books that steinsaltz gives in the back of his gmara.

Given that we're speaking of a naarative about the person the Zohar is
attributed to, I'll take a guess. There is a seifer by R' Yaaqov of
Izhbitza (transcribed by his son R' Gershon Chanokh) by that name.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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