Editing Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai (section)

== His Son and Successor Rabbi Elazar ben Rabbi Shimon ==
His son is the Tanna Rabbi Elazar ben Rabbi Shimon who studied with him for 13 years in the cave in Peki'in and is buried next to his father in Meron. In the Gemara in the Babylonian Talmud, Tractate Sukkah (page 45b), statements praising Rabbi Elazar are brought in the name of his father Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai who praises him, and this is the language of the Gemara: And Chizkiyah said that Rabbi Yirmiyah said in the name of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai: 'I can exempt the entire world from judgment, from the day I was created until now, and if Elazar my son is with me - from the day the world was created until now, and if Yotam ben Uziyahu is with us - from the day the world was created until its end.

And Chizkiyah said that Rabbi Yirmiyah said in the name of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai: I have seen the elevated ones and they are few; if they are a thousand - I and my son are among them; if they are a hundred - I and my son are among them; if they are two - they are I and my son! The celebration day (Hilula) of Rabbi Elazar is customarily commemorated and celebrated in his honor on the 25th of Elul 3862 [102 CE].