- Simeon ben Yohai
- /sim"ee euhn ben yoh"khuy/fl. 2nd century A.D., Palestinian rabbi.
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Simeon ben Yohai — /sim ee euhn ben yoh khuy/ fl. 2nd century A.D., Palestinian rabbi. * * * ▪ Jewish scholar flourished 2nd century AD Galilean tanna (i.e., one of a select group of Palestinian rabbinic teachers), one of the most eminent disciples of the… … Universalium
MEKHILTA OF R. SIMEON BEN YOḤAI — (Aram. דְּרַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן בֶּן יוֹחַאי מְכִילְתָּא) (MS), a halakhic Midrash on Exodus from the school of R. akiva , which is attributed to R. Simeon b. Yohai because of his exposition at the beginning of the book. Several rishonim knew this… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
SIMEON BAR YOḤAI — (mid second century C.E.), tanna. Simeon was one of the most important pupils of akiva . In the Mishnah, the Tosefta, and those midrashei halakhah belonging to the school of R. Akiva, he is almost universally called R. Simeon without any… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Simeon ben Yohai — (fl. 2nd cent.) Palestinian tanna. He was among the five pupils of Akiva who survived the failure of the Bar Kokhba revolt (132 5). When he expressed politicial opinions which were regarded by the Romans as seditious, he was forced to flee for … Dictionary of Jewish Biography
Simeon bar-Yohai — (mid 2nd century) Palestinian tanna. A pupil of AKIBA, he studied at Bnai Brak. He was one of the five outstanding pupils that survived the Roman persecution after the revolt of BAR KOCHBA, and continued studying with Akiba after the latter’s… … Who’s Who in Jewish History after the period of the Old Testament
SIMEON BEN GAMALIEL II — (of Jabneh), nasi (first half of second century C.E.), the son of rabban gamaliel of Jabneh and the father of judah ha nasi . Simeon was one of the few survivors after the Romans destroyed the house of the nasi in revenge for the Bar Kokhba… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
DURAN, SIMEON BEN ẒEMAḤ — (RaSHBaẒ, Hebrew acronym of Rabbi Shimon ben Ẓemaḥ; 1361–1444), rabbinic authority, philosopher, and scientist. He was born in Majorca to R. Ẓemaḥ Astruc Duran. In his youth Simeon studied in Palma (Majorca) at the yeshivah of Ephraim Vidal, who… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
BEN TEMALYON — BEN TEMALYON, name of a demon. According to talmudic legend it accompanied R. Simeon b. Yoḥai on his journey to Rome where he pleaded with the authorities to annul the decree compelling the Jews to have intercourse with their menstruating wives,… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Schimon ben Jochai — (hebräisch שמעון בן יוחאי ; auch Schimon bar Jochai; in Mischna und Baraita einfach R. Simon; Jochai ist die Abkürzung von Jochanan; auch der Kurzname Raschbi kommt vor) war ein Tannait der sogenannten dritten (nach anderen der vierten)… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Akiba ben Joseph — /ah kee bah ben joh zeuhf, seuhf, euh kee veuh/ A.D. c50 c135, rabbi and scholar: systematizer of Jewish oral law on which the Mishnah is based. Also called Akiba. * * * born AD 40 died с 135, Caesarea, Palestine Jewish sage, one of the founders… … Universalium
