Shimon bar Yochai in Meron, now located in Israel. Teachings His halachic teachings are sometimes cited in the Mishnah, and Simeon ben Gamaliel II reports two halakhot from him. Quotes "Every assembly that is for the sake of Heaven will survive; but if it is not for the sake of Heaven, it will not survive." References It has the following bibliography: Bacher, Ag. Tan. ii. 265; Brüll, Mebo ha-Mishnah, i. 198; Frankel, Darke ha-Mishnah, p. 175; Grätz, Gesch. 2d ed., iv. 177, 186; Weiss, Dor, ii. 166; Zacuto, Yuḥasin, p. 47a. External links Photo of Rabbi Yochanan's grave in Meron Mishnah rabbis 2nd-century rabbis