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Jose ben Zimra
Israeli scholar and religious
Israeli scholar and religious
Jose ben Zimra (or Jose b. Zimra; Hebrew: רבי יוסי בן זמרה) was Jewish rabbi of the 2nd-3rd centuries (sixth generation of tannaim), who lived during the transition period between the eras of the tannaim and the amoraim.
He was a kohen. He came from a privileged background family and his son married Judah haNasi's daughter. According to some, he was a descendant of King David.
Most of his teachings deal with the aggadah, and most of them were delivered by his student Eleazar ben Pedat, in Jose's name.
He spoke frequently against the sin of lashon hara.
Grave
The moshav Kerem Ben Zimra is named after him, due to a modern tradition that he is buried in that area. Beginning in the 14th century, a certain "Zimra" is attributed to the area, which eventually evolved into a tradition that Jose ben Zimra was buried there. The 14th-century Travelogue of a Student of Nachmanides records: We traveled two parasangs from Gush Halab to Alma, and by the road, half a parasang from Gush Halab, was Rabbi Zimra. Moses Bassola (1523) wrote:We went to the place called Ras al-Ahmar, and there on a tall hill is Rabbi Zimra with a tomb built over him, from which one can see most of the Galilean heights.[[File:PikiWiki Israel 4337 Tomb of Rabbi Yossi Ben Zimra.JPG|200px|thumb|right|"Tomb of Jose ben Zimra" at [[Moshav]] [[Kerem Ben Zimra]]. ]]This tradition was later expanded to included Jose ben Zimra as well. Moses Yerushalmi (1769) wrote:Ras al-Ahmar: The village is a ruin, but Rabbi Zimra and his son Rabbi Yose ben Zimra are buried there beneath a cairn, and not far from there is a cave in which twenty geonim are buried.
References
References
- Yoma 78a
- [[Babylonian Talmud]], Kethuboth 62b
- According to [[Rashi]], the reason [[Judah haNasi]] did not engage in arrangements for the marriage with [[Hiyya the Great. Rabbi Hiyya]] was because he did not descend from the line of David, but rather from King David's father [[Jesse (biblical figure). Jesse]], hence, R. Jose ben Zimra was a descendant of King David. However, according to [[Samuel Eidels]], there is no proof of this in the [[Gemara]].
- For example: Arachin 15b; [https://www.sefaria.org.il/Vayikra_Rabbah.16.4?vhe=Daat_Vayikra_Rabbah&lang=bi Vayikra Rabbah 16:4]
- "HebrewBooks.org Sefer Detail: מסעות ארץ ישראל -- יערי, אברהם, 1899-1966".
- ''Yedei Moshe'' (Amsterdam, 1769), no page numbering. Original Yiddish: ראם אל אחמר דאש דארף איז חרוב. דארטן ליגט ר' זמרא ור' יוסי בן זמרא אונטר יין שטיין הויפן ניט דר פון אויף דער לינקי זייט איזט איין מערה ליגן דרינן צעהן גאונים. MS JTS p. 17. For translation into Hebrew see previous note.
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