Rav Shimon Bar Yochai and the Baal Shem of Michelstadt Question I was recently in Germany to daven by the kever of the Baal Shem of Michelstadt. I got there late at night, and since I had not davened Maariv, I davened Maariv right next to the kever. Afterwards, I thought that perhaps it was not right to daven so close to the kever. After further introspection, I came to the conclusion that since so many people daven tefillos by Rav Shimon Bar Yochai’s kever on Lag Ba’omer, th