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Rabbi Shimon  in the Cave Rabbi Shimon was a great sage who lived during the Roman conquest of Jerusalem 2,000 years ago. He was one of Rabbi Akiva’s five students who – despite terrible persecutions – ensured that the Torah would not be forgotten. Advertisement The Talmud (Shabbat 33b) describes a seminal event in the life of Rabbi Shimon: When the Romans outlawed the study of Torah, Rabbi Shimon spoke out against them. The Romans thus pronounced a death sentence against Rabbi Shimon, who was forced to go into hiding. Rabbi Shimon and his son Elazar fled to a cave in the nort...