Tomb of Yochanan Hasandlar in Meron

Rabbi Yochanan Hasandlar (200-300) (רבי יוחנן הסנדלר) was one of the main students of Rabbi Akiva and a contemporary of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai. He is one of the Tannaim whose teachings are quoted in the Mishnah. His name, "Hasandlar", could either refer to the fact that he earned his living as a sandal maker, or that he was a native of Alexandria [1]. Akiba ben Joseph (or Rabbi Akiva, Rebbi Akiva, c. ... ... The Mishnah (Hebrew משנה, Repetition) is a major source of rabbinic Judaisms religious texts. ... The Mishnah (Hebrew משנה, repetition) is a major source of rabbinic Judaisms religious texts. ... Shoemaking is a traditional handicraft profession, which has now been largely superseded by industrial manufacture of footwear. ... Alexandria Modern Alexandria. ...

Rabbi Yochanan was a great-grandson of Rabbi Gamliel the Elder; he also purportedly traced his ancestry back to King David [2]. Rashi, the great medieval commentator, was a 33rd-generation descendant of Rabbi Yochanan. This page is about the Biblical king David. ... Rashi (1040-1105) (Artists imagination) Rashi רשי is a Hebrew acronym for רבי שלמה יצחקי (Rabbi Shlomo Yitzhaqi), or רבי שלמה ירחי (Rabbi Shlomo Yarchi) (February 22, 1040 – July 13, 1105), author of the first comprehensive commentaries on the Talmud and Tanakh. ...

He is well-known for his saying in the Mishnah of Pirkei Avoth (4:14): "Every assembly that is for the sake of Heaven will survive; but if it is not for the sake of Heaven, it will not survive." Pirkei Avoth (Hebrew: Chapters of the Fathers, פרקי אבות ) or simply Avoth is a tractate of the Mishna composed of ethical maxims of the Rabbis of the Mishnaic period. ...

He died on the 29th day of the Hebrew month of Tammuz (the same yahrzeit as that of Rashi), and was buried 200 meters from the tomb of Shimon bar Yochai in Meron, Israel. Tammuz (תמוז, Standard Hebrew Tammuz, Tiberian Hebrew Tammûz) This is the tenth month of the ecclesiastical year, the seventh month of the Arabic calendar, and the fourth month of the civil year on the Hebrew calendar. ... Bereavement in Judaism (אבלות aveilut - mourning) is a combination of minhag (traditional custom) and mitzvot (commandments) derived from Judaisms classical Torah and rabbinic texts. ... A meron or half-instanton is a Euclidean space-time solution of the Yang-Mills field equations. ...

See also

• Rabbi Akiva
• Tannaim

Akiba ben Joseph (or Rabbi Akiva, Rebbi Akiva, c. ... The Mishnah (Hebrew משנה, Repetition) is a major source of rabbinic Judaisms religious texts. ...

External links

• Photo of Rabbi Yochanan's grave in Meron