Chasidut · Breslov
Likutei Moharan, Part II 60:2/ליקוטי מוהר"ן·
אוְלָזֶה מְקֻשָּׁר מַה שֶּׁאָמְרוּ רַבּוֹתֵינוּ זִכְרוֹנָם לִבְרָכָה: כְּשֶׁהָיָה רַבִּי עֲקִיבָא בַּתְּפִיסָה, אָמַר לוֹ רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן בֶּן יוֹחַאי: רַבִּי, לַמְּדֵנִי תּוֹרָה, וְאִם לָאו, אֲנִי אוֹמֵר לְיוֹחַאי אַבָּא וּמוֹסֶרְךָ לַמַּלְכוּת (פסחים קיב). וְהַדְּבָרִים תְּמוּהִים מְאֹד מְאֹד, שֶׁרַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן יֹאמַר כַּדְּבָרִים הָאֵלֶּה לְרַבּוֹ, שֶׁיִּמְסְרוֹ לַמַּלְכוּת. וְגַם כִּי מִסְּתָמָא כְּשֶׁרַבִּי עֲקִיבָא רַבּוֹ לֹא רָצָה לְלַמְּדוֹ, בְּוַדַּאי כִּוֵּן לְטוֹבָה. וְגַם הֲלֹא כְּבָר הָיָה תָּפוּס בַּתְּפִיסָה, וּמַה יִּמְסְרֵהוּ עוֹד:
12. Related to this is what our Sages, of blessed memory, taught. When Rabbi Akiva was imprisoned, Rabbi Shimon ben Yochai said to him: “My master, teach me Torah. If not, I will speak to [my] father Yochai to hand you over to the government” (Pesachim 112a). These words are extremely baffling, that Rabbi Shimon would say such things to his teacher; that he would hand him over to the government. Also, it is most likely that when his teacher, Rabbi Akiva, refused to teach him, his intentions were certainly positive. Besides, he was already imprisoned! What further could he hand him over?