Rabbi Meir

Rabbi Meir

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Rabbi Meir or Reb Meir Ba'al Ha-Nes (lit. "Rabbi Meir Master of the Miracle") was a famous Jewish sage who lived in the time of the Talmud. He was...
Judah Hanasi

Judah Hanasi

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Rabbi Judah haNasi, (Hebrew, יהודה הנשיא, "Judah the Prince" also referred to as "Rabbeinu HaKadosh" (Our holy rabbi), and "Rebbi" ([My] rabbi or t...
Hillel The Elder

Hillel The Elder

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Hillel (הלל) was a famous Jewish religious leader who lived in Jerusalem during the time of King Herod, Augustus, and probably Jesus; he is one of...
Shimon Bar Yochai

Shimon Bar Yochai

male
Rabbi Simeon bar Yohai, Shimon son of Yohai, Simon son of Yohai or Rashbi, was a famous rabbi who lived in the era of the Tannaim (scholars of the...
Akiba ben Joseph

Akiba ben Joseph

male, deceased (135)
Akiba ben Joseph (Hebrew: עקיבא) or simply Rabbi Akiva was a Judean tanna of the latter part of the 1st century and the beginning of the 2nd centu...

Onkelos

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Onkelos is the name of a famous convert to Judaism in Talmudic times (c.35-120 CE). He is considered to be the author of the famous Targum Onkelos...

Tarfon

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Rabbi Tarfon or Tarphon,, a member of the third generation of the Mishnah sages, who lived in the period between the destruction of the Temple (70...
Rabbi Nathan

Rabbi Nathan

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Rabbi Nathan was a Palestinian tanna of the third generation (2nd century), the son of a Babylonian exilarch. For unknown reasons he left...

Halafta

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Halafta was a rabbi who lived in Sepphoris in the Galilee during the late first and early second century CE. He was the father of Jose ben Halafta,...
Yochanan ben Zakai

Yochanan ben Zakai

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Yochanan ben Zakai was one of the tannaim (תנאים), an important Jewish sage in the era of the Second Temple, and a primary contributor to the core...