Rebbi Pinchas ben Yair was the son in law of Rebbi Shimon bar Yochai. The gemorah (Chulin 7) tells that he was extremely careful never to partake from someone else’s meal. He also refused to accept support from others. He…
Category: Graves of Tzaddikim
Praying at the Grave of a Tzadik
Eretz Yisroel is full of many holy grave sites, and from time to time, during our many trips, we will be making stops at the kevorim of some of the very great tzaddikim. It is therefore of immense importance to…
R’ Yochanan Ben Zakkai
Rebbi Yochanan ben Zakkai was born approximately 110 years before the destruction of the second Bais Ha’mikdosh. He saw it in its great beauty and, unfortunately, witnessed its destruction. He lived to the ripe old age of 120 years, spending…
R’ Meir Ba’al Ha’nes
His Life The gemorah tells us (Gittin 56) that when the Roman Caesar Nero led his army into battle against Yerushalayim he wanted to determine if he would be successful in destroying her. He therefore shot arrows in all four…
Rabbi Moshe ben Maimon ( Miamonides – Rambam )
“From Moshe to Moshe there was none like Moshe”, are the words you’ll see written on his tombstone in the city of Tverya. The Rambam , Rabbeinu Moshe ben Maimon, was born on Erev Pesach which fell on Shabbos in…
R’ Yosef Karo
Rabbi Yosef Karo was born in Toledo, Spain in the year 1488. In the year 1492, when he was only four years old he was forced to flee Spain with his family and the many other thousands of Jews that…
R’ Shimon Bar Yochai
The name Rebbi Shimon can be found practically on every page throughout the entire Talmud. Whenever it mentions the name Rebbi Shimon without giving us the name of his father, it usually refers to none other than the great Tanna…