Judah Bar Ilai - Sources of His Teaching

Sources of His Teaching

Judah taught the Mishnah of Eliezer, which he had received from his father (Men. 18a),

In his interpretation of the Scriptures and in the deduction of legal requirements from it Judah adhered strictly to the method of his teacher Rabbi Akiba.

Many of Judah's maxims and proverbs have likewise been preserved; they include:

  • "Great is beneficence: it quickeneth salvation" (B. B. 10a).
  • "Great is toil: it honoreth the toiler" (Ned. 49b).
  • "Who teacheth his son no trade, guideth him to robbery" (Ḳid. 29a).
  • "The best path lies midway" (Ab. R. N. xxviii.).

Judah lived to a ripe old age, surviving his teachers and all of his colleagues. Among his disciples who paid him the last honors was Judah ha-Nasi.

Rabbis of the Mishnah : Chronology & Hierarchy
Teacher→Student Father→Son
Hillel Shammai
Rabban Gamliel Yochanan ben Zakai
Shimon ben Gamliel Yose the Galilean Eliezer ben Hurcanus Yehoshua ben Hananiah Elazar ben Arach Elazar ben Azariah
Gamaliel of Yavne Elisha ben Abuyah Akiva Ishmael ben Elisha Tarfon
Shimon ben Gamliel II Meir Yehudah Yose ben Halafta Shimon bar Yochai Elazar ben Shammua Natan
Yehudah ha Nasi Hiyya

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