Judah ben Ilai

Judah's personal piety was most rigid; and he observed many of the practices of the Hasidim and the Essenes. He drank no wine except on the days when the Law required, and was a vegetarian. The study of the Law was his chief and dearest occupation; and he lamented the fact that such a devotion was not wide-spread as in former times. He also had great compassion. Whenever a funeral or a wedding-procession passed, he interrupted his study to join it ( ...

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Judah ben Ilai, Judah ben Ilai - Personal piety, Judah ben Ilai - Sources of his teaching

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Akiba ben Joseph (or Rabbi Akiva, Rebbi Akiva, c. 50-c. 135) was a famous Jewish rabbi of the 2nd century. He was a great authority in the matter of Jewish tradition, and one of the most central and essential contributors to the early Oral Torah, mainly the Mishnah and the midrash halakha. He laid the foundations of the mishnaic dispute, by which pairs or larger groups of sages dispute points of Halakha or Bible interpretation. Rabbi Akiva - In the Mishnah. A member of the ...

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• Rabbi Akiva - In the Mishnah
• Rabbi Akiva - Biography

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Tannaim (תנאים) is the plural term for the Rabbinic sages whose views are recorded the the Mishnah, from approx. 70-200 CE. The period of the Tannaim (also referred to as the Mishnaic period) came after the period of the Zugot ("pairs"), and before the period of the Amoraim; lasting about 130 years. The singular form of the word, tanna (תנא), is an Aramaic term for the Hebrew word shana, which also is the root-word of Mishnah. The verb shano (שנה) literally means "to repeat [what on ...

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• Tannaim - The origin of the Tannaim
• Tannaim - Prominant Tannaim
• Tannaim - The Nesi'im
• Tannaim - The generations of the Tannaim
• Tannaim - Before the destruction of the Second Temple
• Tannaim - The generation of the destruction
• Tannaim - Between the destruction of the Temple to the revolt of Bar Kokhba
• Tannaim - The generation of the revolt of Bar Kokhba
• Tannaim - After the revolt
• Tannaim - Compilers of the Mishnah
• Tannaim - External link

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Usha was a city in the Western part of Galilee. It is noteworthy because in the 2nd Century (c. 135), the Sanhedrin, or rabbinic court, was moved from Jabneh in Judea to Usha, and then from Usha back to Jabneh, and a second time from Jabneh to Usha. The final settlement in Usha indicates the ultimate spiritual supremacy of Galilee over Judea, the latter having become depopulated by the war of Hadrian. Usha was also important because one of the pupils of Rabbi Akiba resided there, including Judah ...

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The Talmud is the only ancient source of knowledge about Rabbi Akiva. According to it he was born to a proselyte named Joseph. He was an am ha'aretz (Hebrew: ignoramus) during his first forty years. During that period he used to say: "O that I would find a talmid chacham (Torah scholar) and bite him like a donkey" (Talmud tractate Pesachim, 49b). He was the shepherd of a rich man nicknamed Kalba Savua because anyone who entered his house hungry like a dog (Kalba) went out sated (savua) (a reference t ...

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Rabbi Akiva, Rabbi Akiva - In the Mishnah, Rabbi Akiva - Biography

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The Tannaim operated under the occupation of the Roman Empire. During this time, the priesthood of the temple became increasingly corrupt, many belonged to the Sadducees, and were seen by the Jewish people as collaborators with the Romans, whose mismanagement of Judea led to riots, revolts, and general resentment. Throughout much of the period, the office of the High Priest was rented out to the highest bidder, and the priests themselves extorted as much as they could f ...

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Tannaim, Tannaim - The origin of the Tannaim, Tannaim - Prominant Tannaim, Tannaim - The Nesi'im, Tannaim - The generations of the Tannaim, Tannaim - Before the destruction of the Second Temple, Tannaim - The generation of the destruction, Tannaim - Between the destruction of the Temple to the revolt of Bar Kokhba, Tannaim - The generation of the revolt of Bar Kokhba, Tannaim - After the revolt, Tannaim - Compilers of the Mishnah, Tannaim - External link

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Tannaim - Before the destruction of the Second Temple. Hillel the Elder Shammai Rabban Gamliel the Elder Tannaim - The generation of the destruction. Simeon, son of Gamliel the Elder Rabban Yohanan ben Zakkai Tannaim - Between the destruction of the Temple to the revolt of Bar Kokhba. Rabbi Yehoshua son of Hannania Eliezer ben Hyrcanus (Liezer ben Hyrcanus) Rabban G ...

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Tannaim, Tannaim - The origin of the Tannaim, Tannaim - Prominant Tannaim, Tannaim - The Nesi'im, Tannaim - The generations of the Tannaim, Tannaim - Before the destruction of the Second Temple, Tannaim - The generation of the destruction, Tannaim - Between the destruction of the Temple to the revolt of Bar Kokhba, Tannaim - The generation of the revolt of Bar Kokhba, Tannaim - After the revolt, Tannaim - Compilers of the Mishnah, Tannaim - External link

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Tannaim - The Nesi'im. Main article: Nasi Hillel the Elder Rabban Simeon, son of Hillel (nothing about him is known) Rabban Gamliel the Elder Rabban Simeon, son of Gamliel Rabban Yohanan ben Zakkai Rabban Gamliel of Yavne Eleazar ben Azaria, who was Nasi for a short time after Raban Gamliel (above) was removed from his position for a short time. Rabban Simeon, son of Gamliel of Yavne Rabbi Yehuda Ha-Nasi (known s ...

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Tannaim, Tannaim - The origin of the Tannaim, Tannaim - Prominant Tannaim, Tannaim - The Nesi'im, Tannaim - The generations of the Tannaim, Tannaim - Before the destruction of the Second Temple, Tannaim - The generation of the destruction, Tannaim - Between the destruction of the Temple to the revolt of Bar Kokhba, Tannaim - The generation of the revolt of Bar Kokhba, Tannaim - After the revolt, Tannaim - Compilers of the Mishnah, Tannaim - External link

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A member of the third generation of the Mishnah sages, Akiba was a disciple of Nahum of Gimzo, Rebbi Eliezer son of Hyrcanos, and Rebbi Yehoshua. Some say that Rebbi Tarfon was also a teacher of his; others claim he was his contemporary colleague. Among other contemporary colleagues are: Elisha ben Avuya, Rebbi Eleazar ben Zadok, Rebbi Eleazar ben Azarya, Rabban Gamliel, Rebbi Yehuda ben Beteira, Rebbi Yochanan ben Nuri, Rebbi Yosei Haglili, and Rebbi Yishmael. "What was Rabbi Aki ...

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Rabbi Akiva, Rabbi Akiva - In the Mishnah, Rabbi Akiva - Biography

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