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The opening of this shiur, in R' Nasan Maimon’s own words — taken from the captions, so names and Hebrew terms may be approximate.

The Gemara says that Rabbi Yosei once was walking along the road, an isolated road, and the time came for him to daven, apparently davening mincha. And he saw an uninhabited house there. He walked in. This was one of the homes that were destroyed from the חרבות [destruction] of Yerushalayim. And he went inside there to daven. While there, Eliyahu HaNavi came, waited for him by the door ‘till he finished his tefilah. When he finished the tefilah, Eliyahu HaNavi greeted him. And he said to him, “Shalom aleicha rabi.” Yosei replied, “Shalom aleicha rabbi umori.” And then they went into further conversation. Before we get to the conversation which discusses the type of house Rabbi Yosei was in, let's first analyze very deeply this first exchange - something which has many סודות - secrets and התגלות - revelations to it. Let's identify Rabbi Yosei first. Rabbi Yosei was one of the main talmidim of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai zal. By “the main” we mean he had six main talmidim which comprised what was known as “the menorah”. The menorah has seven candles. The central candle which the other three turned to, this was Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai zal, representing the Shabbos, and the other six - three and three - were the other students. Representing the [days of the week], and therefore Rabbi Yehuda, one of the students said “Ahnt hu Shabbos dekul yemei” - “You are considered a Shabbos of all days.” Rabbi Yosei was one of those main six students. Eliyahu HaNavi said to Rabbi Yosei “Shalom aleicha rabi”. Rabbi Yosei replied,

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