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Rabbi Yishmael ben Elisha Nachmani (Hebrew: רבי ישמעאל בן אלישע), often known as Rabbi Yishmael and sometimes given the title "Ba'al HaBaraita" (Hebrew: בעל הברייתא, “Master of the Outside Teaching”), was a rabbi of the 1st and 2nd centuries (third generation of tannaim) CE.
The Avot of Rabbi Natan states that he and Shimon ben Gamliel were decapitated in quick succession. [4] However, the Midrash Eleh Ezkerah relates that the Caesar's daughter was so taken by Ishmael's beauty that she ordered his head be skinned while he was still alive so that she could stuff it with straw and preserve it, and this is how Ishmael ...
When the servants began to strip away the skin on the forehead where the phylactery is placed, Yishmael cried aloud and died. Next to die was Rabbi Akiva, whose skin was raked with iron combs. Despite the pain consuming him, he was still able to proclaim God's providence in the world by reciting the Shema, drawing out the final Echad - "One ...
In a statement, Israel’s prime minister said: "The state of Israel will use all means at its disposal to bring the criminals responsible for his death to justice”. Israel said the rabbi had ...
An Orthodox Jewish rabbi is feared dead after "terrorist involvement" was found related to his recent disappearance, prompting an investigation by the Mossad.. Rabbi Zvi Kogan, a Chabad emissary ...
In Jerusalem, a blaze at the Conservative Kehillat Ya'ar Ramot synagogue damaged the main sanctuary, furniture and prayer books. Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak called it "an awful act that causes every Jew to shudder" adding that "it is seven times more shocking when it occurs in Jerusalem, the eternal capital of the State of Israel". [8]
Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel Kalman Bar also spoke at Kogan’s funeral, calling him the “ultimate sacrifice for the entire Jewish world.” “There are no words that can describe the pain ...
Ishmael ben Jose (Hebrew: רבי ישמעאל ברבי יוסי, read as Rabbi Ishmael beRabbi [Son of Rabbi] Yossi) was a rabbi who lived at the beginning of the 3rd century (fifth generation of tannaim). He was the son of Jose ben Halafta.