רבי שמעון בן אלעזר Rabbi Shimon ben Elazar
Tanna · 4th generation (c. 135–170 CE) — named 314 times across 29 tractates of the Bavli.
Rabbi Shimon ben Elazar, of the fourth tannaitic generation, was a student of Rabbi Meir and one of the teachers Rabbi Yehuda HaNasi learned from. His teachings run through the Mishnah and the baraitot on Shabbat, on damages and on the ordering of a household.
He is remembered for the account of his returning from his teacher's house pleased with his own learning, meeting a man he insulted for his appearance, and being answered that the complaint belonged to the Craftsman who made him — after which he asked forgiveness and taught that a man should be soft as a reed and not hard as a cedar. He is named some three hundred times, most heavily in Shabbat and Bava Metzia.
A student of Rabbi Meir.
- Studied under
- רבי מאירRabbi Meir
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