The Secrets of R. Šim‘on ben Yohai were first published in Salonika in 1743 within the same anthology of midrashic texts that contains Sefer Elijah. This version of the text was reprinted by Adolph Jellinek, ed., Bet ha-Midrasch: Sammlung kleiner Midraschim und vermischter Abhandlungen aus der jüdischen Literatur (6 vols.; Leipzig, 1853-77; repr., Jerusalem: Bamberger & Wahrmann, 1938), 3:78-82. Jellinek’s text was subsequently reproduced by … Continue reading Nistarot (Secrets of) R. Shimon b. Yohai