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Rabbi Akiva
16th-century illustration
Title
Tanna
Personal
Born
c. 50 CE
Lod, Judaea, Roman Empire
Died
(0135-09-28)28 September 135
Caesarea, Judaea, Roman Empire
Religion
Judaism
Buried
Tiberias, Galilee
Akiva ben Joseph (Mishnaic Hebrew: עֲקִיבָא בֶּן יוֹסֵף, ʿĂqīḇāʾ ben Yōsēp̄; c. 50 – 28 September 135 CE),[1] also known as Rabbi Akiva (רַבִּי עֲקִיבָא), was a leading Jewish scholar and sage, a tanna of the latter part of the first century and the beginning of the second century. Rabbi Akiva was a leading contributor to the Mishnah and to Midrash halakha. He is referred to in the Talmud as Rosh la-Hakhamim -"Chief of the Sages". He was executed by the Romans in the aftermath of the Bar Kokhba revolt.
Akiva ben Joseph (Mishnaic Hebrew: עֲקִיבָא בֶּן יוֹסֵף, ʿĂqīḇāʾ ben Yōsēp̄; c. 50 – 28 September 135 CE), also known as RabbiAkiva (רַבִּי עֲקִיבָא)...
Alphabet of RabbiAkiva (Hebrew: אלפא-ביתא דרבי עקיבא, Alpha-Beta de-RabbiAkiva), otherwise known as Letters of RabbiAkiva (Hebrew: אותיות דרבי עקיבא...
However, the revolt strengthened the rabbis' position as the dominant Jewish sect. Most researchers believe RabbiAkiva's students participated in the revolt...
some of the Rishonim, it is the day on which the plague that killed RabbiAkiva's 24,000 disciples came to an end, and for this reason the mourning period...
" The sages Rabbi Yochanan Ben Zakkai (d. c. 80 CE) and later, RabbiAkiva (d. 135) were deeply involved in merkabah exegesis. RabbiAkiva and his contemporary...
tannaitic sage in ancient Judea. He was one of the most eminent disciples of RabbiAkiva. The Zohar, a 13th century foundational work of Kabbalah, is ascribed...
"Law given to Moses at Mount Sinai"; comp. Rabbi Samson of Chinon in his Sefer HaKeritot). RabbiAkiva and Rabbi Ishmael and their scholars especially contributed...
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Jerusalem, under the leadership of the Chasam Sofer's great-grandson, RabbiAkiva Sofer (the Daas Sofer). Sofer published very little during his lifetime;...
Bnei Akiva (Hebrew: בְּנֵי עֲקִיבָא, /bneɪ əkivə/, "Children of Akiva") is the largest religious Zionist youth movement in the world, with over 125,000...
Akiva Tatz is a prominent South African Orthodox rabbi, inspirational speaker and writer who is heavily involved in Orthodox Jewish outreach. He is also...
simply mean his teachings in general. Another possibility is that RabbiAkiva and Rabbi Meir established the divisions and order of subjects in the Mishnah...
revolt: Rabban Gamaliel II of Yavneh, Rabbi Joshua ben Hananiah and Rabbi Eliezer ben Hurcanus, the teachers of RabbiAkiva, as well as Gamaliel of Yavne and...
system of halakhic exegesis which, while running parallel with that of RabbiAkiva, is considered the more logical of the two. Indeed, Yishmael established...
Sanhedrin as nasi after the fall of the Second Temple.(?–c. 118) RabbiAkiva or Akiva ben Yosef (c. 50–28 September 135 CE) 1st-century Judea, central...
RabbiAkiva Weingarten (born December 23, 1984, in Monsey, New York) is a German-American liberal rabbi. He serves as the state rabbi of Saxony, the rabbi...
Eliezer) Eliezer ben Hurcanus Rabbi Akiva and his pupils Shimon bar Yochai and Judah bar Ilai Less frequently, Rabbi Meir and Jose ben Halafta Judah the...
" it constitutes a grudge. Rashi concludes his commentary by quoting RabbiAkiva on love of neighbor: "This is a fundamental [all-inclusive] principle...
Leviticus. The Sifra work follows the tradition of RabbiAkiva with additions from the School of Rabbi Ishmael. References in the Talmud to the Sifra are...
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