CE) was arrested by the Romans for publicly teaching Torah, but was miraculously delivered. Man, however, has deteriorated in his works, and therefore in his nature, and has been deprived of his nourishment. Eleazar ben Simeon, 2d century; variants: Elʻazar b. Rashbi; Eleazar ben Simon; Eleasar be-R. Simeon) found: Enc. Eleazar ben Simeon, active 2nd century אלעזר בן שמעון בן יוחאי, תנא El'azar ben Šim'on tanaitský rabín VIAF ID: 66326635 (Personal) He is mentioned only infrequently in the Mishnah, but plays an important role in the Tosephta. He was probably the son of eleazar of bartota . ; https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Simeon_ben_Eleazar&oldid=944600054, Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1906 Jewish Encyclopedia, Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1906 Jewish Encyclopedia with no article parameter, Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the 1906 Jewish Encyclopedia, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, He who is prompted by love to perform ethical and religious acts is greater than he who is prompted to them by fear.". He was probably the son of *Eleazar of Bartota. Eleazar, however, continued in office, justifying himself by saying, "I only weed out thistles [i.e. Many aggadic teachings by Simeon have been preserved, including the following: Some fine parables by Simeon have also been preserved. 6; see Eliezer ben Jacob). 2nd cent.) Do not appease your friend in the hour of his anger... neither come into his house during the hour of his calamity, nor try and see him in the hour of his disgrace. [1] After the death of Hadrian, when events took a somewhat more favorable turn for the Jews, father and son left the cave and returned to the busy world. A number of merchants came one day to Sidon, where Rabbi Shimon dwelt. Simeon dwelt in Tiberias and Johanan remembered him from his youth there (tj, Ma'as. Simeon ben Eleazar (or Simeon b.Eleazar; Hebrew: שמעון בן אלעזר ‎, read as Shimon ben Eleazar) was a Jewish Tanna sage of the fourth generation, and one of Rabbi Meir's disciples. Gamaliel the Elder (/ ɡ ə ˈ m eɪ l i əl,-ˈ m ɑː-, ˌ ɡ æ m ə ˈ l iː əl /; also spelled Gamliel; Hebrew: רבן גמליאל הזקן ‎ Rabbān Gamlīyʾēl haZāqēn; Koinē Greek: Γαμαλιὴλ ὁ Πρεσβύτερος Gamaliēl ho Presbýteros), or Rabban Gamaliel I, was a leading authority in the Sanhedrin in the early first century AD. 45b). Eleazar ben Simeon (late 2nd cent. Eleazar b. Simeon (or Eleazar ben Simeon or R. Eleazar son of R. Simeon; Hebrew: אלעזר ברבי שמעון ‎, lit. "[14] and answered, "It is Eleazar ben Simon, who united in himself all noble qualities, he having been well versed in Scripture and in traditional law, and having been a [liturgical] poet, a leader in prayers, and a preacher".[15]. He is cited in the Mishnah merely few times, but on the Tosefta and Baraitas' portions that are quoted in the Talmud his name is mentioned many times. He was the son of R. Shimon bar Yochai, and appears in many of the stories concerning his father. [5], Though wanted in his youth by the Roman government, later on Eleazar worked on behalf of the Roman government as a security and public order commissioner. '''Simeon ben Eleazar''' (or '''Simeon b. Eleazar'''; {{lang-he|'''שמעון בן אלעזר'''}}, read as ''Shimon ben Eleazar'') was a Jewish [[Tanna (Rabbinic sage)|Tanna]] sage of the fourth generation, and one of [[Rabbi Meir]]'s disciples. 51b, et al.). [2] [3] [4] He is the sixth most frequently mentioned sage in the Mishnah. 1, p. 46-47). Eleazar ben Kalir, also known as Eleazar HaKalir, Eleazar ben Killir or Eleazar Kalir (c. 570 – c. 640) was a Byzantine Jew and a Hebrew poet whose classical liturgical verses, known as piyut, have continued to be sung through the centuries during significant religious services, including those on Tisha B'Av and on the sabbath after a wedding. c.e. R. Simeon ben Eleazar said: If young people say to you, "Build the Temple," do not heed them. (1901–1906). [3] Nevertheless, after Eleazar's death, Judah HaNasi devoted himself to caring for Eleazar's wayward son Yosei. According to a secord version found in a midrash, he died in Gush Halav. He played an important role in the war against cestius gallus ,… Palestinian tanna. Eleazar ben Azariah (Hebrew: אלעזר בן עזריה ‎) was a 1st-century CE Jewish tanna, i.e. 195 et seq. [13], Due to his varied learning, his surviving colleagues cited the Scriptural verse "Who is it that comes out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all powders of the merchant? After many years his former colleagues resolved to bury him, but a new difficulty arose. R. xi. Rabbi Eleazar ben [son of] Shimon) was a Jewish Tanna sage of the fifth generation, contemporary of R. Judah haNasi. 5; Eccl. SIMEON BEN ELEAZAR (second century), tanna; a contemporary of judah ha-nasi . Eleazar, grown too zealous during his long seclusion, often cursed those who devoted their time to things secular, and his father found it necessary to interfere, appeasing them and mollifying him. Eleazar ben Parta (early 2nd cent. He also served his teacher (Shab. It has the following bibliography: Shabbat 33b; Genesis Rabbah 79:6, and parallel passages; compare Yerushalmi Shevuot 9 38d, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eleazar_ben_Simeon&oldid=994790892, Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1906 Jewish Encyclopedia, Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1906 Jewish Encyclopedia without a Wikisource reference, Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the 1906 Jewish Encyclopedia, Wikipedia articles with WORLDCATID identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. He was a noted halakhist, aggadist and polemicist. Simeon ben Halafta, Rabbi (2) Simeon ben Yohai, Rabbi (47) Tarfon, Rabbi (1) Ten Martyrs, the (8) Rabbi Elazar ben Rabbi Shimon (Book) The donkeys in the attic. For building done by young people may be equivalent to destruction, while the destruction done by old people is equivalent to building. Eleazar, grown too zealous during his protracted hermitage, often cursed those who devoted their time to things secular, and his father found it necessary to interfere, appeasing them and mollifying him (Shab. ELEAZAR BEN SIMEONELEAZAR BEN SIMEON , tanna of the end of the second century c.e. He was of the second generation and a junior contemporary of Gamaliel II, Eliezer b. 1:2; cf. 1:2; cf. Ultimately, however, in compliance with the request of the rabbis, people from the nearby town of Birya carried it off by stealth, and it was deposited at Meron beside that of his father. 63b; Cant. He is mentioned by name very rarely in the Mishnah, though amoraim ascribe several anonymous mishnayot to him (Bek. 1991-09-09: new. ; son & pupil of Simeon b. Yoḥai) Editorial Notes [Machine-derived non-Latin script reference project.] Simeon dwelt in Tiberias and Johanan remembered him from his youth there (TJ, Ma'as. He is… By Nissan Mindel. Eleazar beRabbi [son of Rabbi] Shimon, or רבי אלעזר בן שמעון, lit. And the proof for this assertion is Rehoboam, the son of Soloman. Eleazar was a member of a distinguished priestly family of Jerusalem and a friend of zechariah b. avkilus . SIMEON BEN ELEAZAR (second century), tanna; a contemporary of *Judah ha-Nasi. l.c.). He was a pupil of Rabbi Akiba (Ber. R. Yom Tov Asevilli claims that there were two different Tanna sages with the same name of Simeon ben Eleazar, one in the previous generation to R. Meir, and the other in the following generation to R. Meir, and in that he had resolved the maze of Maimonides' statement. Eleazar ben Yose I (late 2nd cent. This page was last edited on 8 March 2020, at 20:31. Mishnaic sage. Gen. R. 9:5). The man thereupon said to them, "If this is a rabbi may there be few like him in Israel," and told them what had occurred; he, however, forgave Simeon when the people begged him to do so. Gen. R. 9:5). ELEAZAR BEN SIMEON, Zealot leader during the Roman war of 66–70 C.E. ELEAZAR BEN JAIR. The verse "You shall love your neighbor as thyself: I am the Lord". Simeon did not return the greeting, and even mocked the man on account of his ugliness. Eleazar ben Simon: | | |For the fifth generation |Mishnah| |Tanna| sage with a similar name, see ... World Heritage Encyclopedia, the aggregation of the largest online encyclopedias available, and the most definitive collection ever assembled. While he cultivated both the Halakha (Sotah v. 3; Tosefta, Sanhedrin i. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. He is cited in the Mishnah only a few times, but on the Tosefta and baraitas' portions that are quoted in the Talmud his name is mentioned many times. Simeon was one of the pupils of meir [10], Eleazar and his wife seem to have reunited by the time of his death. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. Change Notes. He is quoted frequently in the beraitot, as well as approximately 75 times in the Tosefta, especially those of Zevaḥim and Menaḥot. When the old people say, 'Tear down,' and the young people say, 'Build,' listen to the old and not to the young; for the tearing down of the old people is building, and the building of the young people is tearing down, as the story of Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, teaches. 2; Sanh. Ta'anit 20a-b, where the preferable reading has "Simon b. Eleazar"; see Rabbinowitz, "Variæ Lectiones," ad loc. His wife even divorced him because the financial cost of caring for his ailments was draining her family wealth, though after this Eleazar was able to support himself due to the timely arrival of sixty sailors bearing gifts for him. Simeon (or Eleazar ben Simeon or R. Eleazar son of R. Simeon; Hebrew: אלעזר ברבי שמעון ‎, lit. 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