Is Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai really buried at Meron? It’s complicated
On one hand some rock cut burials dating back to the time of the Mishna are present in Meron. On the other, no archaeological evidence linking them to the Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai was ever found.
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish man prays outside the Tomb of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai on Mt. Meron in northern Israel on May 6, 2020(photo credit: DAVID COHEN/FLASH 90)ByROSSELLA TERCATIN