The Talmud in Sukkah 45b records the following pronouncement by the great mystic Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai:
“I have seen people of high attainments ("bnei aliyah"), but they are few. If there are a thousand, then I and my son are among them. If there are a hundred, then I and my son are among them. And if there are only two, then they are me and my son.”
How could Rabbi Shimon make such a bold — even boastful — claim?
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