Questions tagged [rabbi-akiva-ben-yosef]
3rd generation Tanna c .40 - c. 137 CE.
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Examples of people who gained tremendous Torah knowledge very quickly?
I am looking for examples of people in Jewish History who gained tremendous Torah knowledge very quickly.
I suppose R Akiva could be an example though it took him 12 years to go from nothing to major ...
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R' Akiva visiting Syracuse
I have read a claim on various sites, including Wikipedia, that R' Akiva visited the city of Syracuse in current Sicily. However, I have failed to find its source in the Talmud. I have seen the ...
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Understanding an apparent dichotomy in Rabbi Akiva's pre-Yeshiva days
The Gemara in Shabbos 127b relates a story about the importance of being dan l'chaf zechus, judging people favourably / giving others the benefit of the doubt.
The story goes that a man left from the ...
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המבזבז אל יבזבז and the Guarantee of Wealth
It says in Talmud that Chazal made a Takana in Usha that one should not give too much money to charity. Specifically more than one fifth.
Does the guarantee of wealth still apply to someone who gives ...
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Not naming a child "Akiva" - minhag?
I recently spoke to a person who said that their rabbi advised them against naming their child "Akiva" because of his ill-fated death; it was some sort of negative omen. Regardless, the ...
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The relationship between Rabbi Akiva and his wife
The Talmud tells us about the relationship between Rabbi Akiva and his wife:
The daughter of Ben Kalba Savua told [Akiva]: If I betroth myself to you, will you go ... learn Torah? He said: Yes... He ...
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What was Rabbi Akiva doing during the Quietus Revolt
Between 115 and 117 the Jews revolted against the Romans in Libya, Cyprus, and Israel, killing hundreds and thousands. This revolt was crushed by the Romans but the distraction caused them to fail to ...
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What is the "Sefer Ruach Chen" mentioned by Rabbi Mashash?
Highly related.
After a lot of searching, it turns out that the story about Rabbi Akiva's parents is sourced to Rabbi Yosef Mashash's book נחלת אבות חלק ג', pp. 167-171. Rabbi Mashash himself sourced ...
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Are the stories in the Midrashim and Targumim meant to be historical? [duplicate]
The Midrashim and Targumim contain stories meant to further elaborate on the accounts in the Hebrew Bible. Are these stories meant to be historically accurate?
Further reading on this issue would be ...
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Where is Rabbi Akiva told to stick to Halacha and not try Aggadah?
I recall a Gemara where Rabbi Akiva makes an Aggadic (“midrashic”) comment on a story in the Torah, and he is told by a colleague that he has no business with aggadeta.
The Gemara on Shabbat 96b is ...
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Why did Rabbi Akiva give smichah to the 5 talmidim, if Rabbi Yehudah ben Bova already gave them?
According to some later sources, R. Akiva gave semicha to his five students on Lag BeOmer. See here:
-ובמורה באצבע לחיד"א (סימן ח' אות רכ"ג) כתב: יום ל"ג לעומר ירבה בשמחה לכבוד רשב&...
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Why can't R. Yehudah have his own opinion?
It says in Masechet Megillah
אָמַר רַבָּה בַּר בַּר חָנָה א״ר יוֹחָנָן זוֹ דִּבְרֵי ר״ע סְתִימְתָאָה דְּדָרִישׁ זְמַן זְמַנָּם זמניהם אֲבָל חכ״א אֵין קוֹרִין
אוֹתָהּ אֶלָּא בִּזְמַנָּהּ מֵיתִיבִי א״ר ...
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The origins of Rabbi Akiva
In this lecture, historian Gershon Bar-Kochva recounts the story of how Rabbi Akiva's parents met.
In short, his mother, Sarah, was an orphan living in Lod. Her neighbor was a non-Jew who was ...
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What does Rebbi Akiva's students not respecting each other mean?
The Gemara Yevamos (62b) records
שנים עשר אלף זוגים תלמידים היו לו לרבי עקיבא מגבת עד אנטיפרס וכולן מתו
בפרק אחד מפני שלא נהגו כבוד זה לזה - Rabbi Akiva had twelve thousand
pairs of students in an ...
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Deep commentaries on the 2 stories of Rabbi Akiva laughing
The Talmud at the end of the tractate Makkos (24a-b) relates 2 stories about Rabbi Akiva laughing in the face of suffering. I was able to find nice commentaries explaining the simple ideas behind the ...
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