Where the Name of the Rashbi Is Encoded in the Torah

Where the Name of the Rashbi Is Encoded in the Torah

The name of the great Rashbi is encoded repeatedly in the Tanakh.  Devarim (31:21) "Ki lo tishachach mipi zar'o" -  כִּי לֹא תִשָּׁכַח מִפִּי זַרְעוֹ - (for it will not be forgotten from the mouths of his descendants [the Torah]) - in this phrase, the final letters form the name Yochai. (Zohar 3, 124b) Daniel (4:10) «Know that the holy sage Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai corresponds to what is written in Daniel (4:10): «Ir vekadish min shemaya nechat» – עיר וקדיש מנ-שמיא נחת - (the Holy Angel descended from Heaven) - the first Hebrew letters form the name Shimon. In several places, Rabbi Nachman hints that his soul is the soul of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai: Shimon ben Yochai = 501 Nachman ben Simcha = 501 Rabbi Raphael Avitan says that the name Shimon ben Yochai  שמעון בן יוחאי has a gematria of = 553, the phrase «Mechaye Metim» מחיה מתים - (resurrection of the dead) = 553 Therefore, by the candle lit LeChvod Rashbi, we always pray for Moshiach and Techiyat HaMetim. (Rabbi Nachman of Breslov, «Likutei Moharan,» preface, «Sichot HaRan,» p. 166)