İdra Zuta: Küçük Meclis ve Rabbi Şimon'un Göçüşü

Throughout that entire day, the fire did not depart from the house, and there was no one who could approach him; for they could not; for light and fire were around him throughout that whole day. I fell upon the earth and cried out. Therefore, when the fire had withdrawn, I saw the holy lamp, the holy of holies, that he had been taken from the world. He lay wrapped on his right side, and his face wore a smile. Rabbi Eleasar, his son, arose, and taking his hands, he kissed them; and I licked the dust which was under his feet. The companions wanted to weep, but they could not speak. Nevertheless, the companions began to weep, and Rabbi Eleasar, his son, fell three times and could not open his mouth. Afterward, he began and said: O Father, O Father, there were three, they have been reduced to one. When therefore the burial couch was carried out, he himself was lifted into the air, and fire flamed before him. And a voice was heard saying: Enter and come and gather for the nuptial joy of Rabbi Shimeon. He shall enter with peace, and they shall rest in their chambers.