Eliezer ben Jacob I (
Hebrew: אליעזר בן יעקב) was a
Tanna of the 1st century; contemporary of
Eleazar Chisma ''For other people named Eleazer. see: Eleazar (name)''
Eleazar Chisma (Ḥisma; he, אלעזר חסמא, ''"Eleazar Chasma''", or אלעזר בן חסמא, "''Eleazar ben Chasma''") was a tanna (sage) of the second and third generations (2nd c ...
and
Eliezer ben Hyrcanus
Eliezer ben Hurcanus or Hyrcanus ( he, אליעזר בן הורקנוס) was one of the most prominent Sages (tannaim) of the 1st and 2nd centuries in Judea, disciple of Rabban Yohanan ben Zakkai Avot of Rabbi Natan 14:5 and colleague of Gamalie ...
, and senior to
Judah ben Ilai.
Of his personal history nothing is known, except that he had seen the
Temple at Jerusalem and was familiar with the specific purposes of its many apartments, a subject on which he was considered an authority. Some of the details, however, he eventually forgot, and was reminded of them by
Abba Saul ben Batnit
Abba Saul ben Batnit ( he, אבא שאול בן בטנית, "''Abba Shaul ben Batnit''") was a Tanna of the latter period of the Second Temple of Jerusalem, approximately two generations before the temple's destruction. He used to take question ...
.
Simon ben Azzai
Simeon ben Azzai or simply Ben Azzai ( he, שמעון בן עזאי) was a distinguished tanna of the first third of the 2nd century.
Biography
Ben Azzai is sometimes called "Rabbi", but, in spite of his great learning, this title did not right ...
,
Rabbi Akiva's contemporary, relates that he had discovered a genealogical roll wherein was stated, "The Mishnah of R. Eliezer ben Jacob is only a ''
kab''
mall in proportion
Mall commonly refers to a:
* Shopping mall
* Strip mall
* Pedestrian street
* Esplanade
Mall or MALL may also refer to:
Places Shopping complexes
* The Mall (Sofia) (Tsarigradsko Mall), Sofia, Bulgaria
* The Mall, Patna, Patna, Bihar, India
...
but clean
f all deficiencies
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Hist ...
; as a result, subsequent generations generally adopted Eliezer's views as law.
In the
aggadah, too, he is mentioned. According to him,
Deuteronomy
Deuteronomy ( grc, Δευτερονόμιον, Deuteronómion, second law) is the fifth and last book of the Torah (in Judaism), where it is called (Hebrew: hbo, , Dəḇārīm, hewords Moses.html"_;"title="f_Moses">f_Moseslabel=none)_and_th ...
11:13 ("To serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul") is an admonition to the priests that, when officiating, they shall entertain no thought foreign to their duty.
Eliezer ben Jacob bequeathed to Israel many
agrarian laws, such as the laws concerning the bringing of the
Bikkurim to Jerusalem and who is eligible to recite the Avowal, as well as the laws concerning
Kil'ayim grown in a vineyard.
He is buried near the old
Kefar Hanaiah, in Galilee.
[Levi-Nahum, Yehuda (ed.), ''Sefer ṣohar le-ḥasifat ginzei teiman'' (ספר צהר לחשיפת גנזי תימן), Tel-Aviv 1986, s.v. chapter: Tombs of the forefathers and righteous p. 252 (Hebrew)]
References
It has the following bibliography:
*
W. Bacher
Wilhelm Bacher ( hu, Bacher Vilmos; yi, בִּנְיָמִין־זְאֵב בּאַככֿר, he, בִּנְיָמִין־זְאֵב בכר ''Benjamin Ze'ev Bacher''; 12 January 1850 – 25 December 1913)Z. Frankel
Zecharias Frankel, also known as Zacharias Frankel (30 September 1801 – 13 February 1875) was a Bohemian-German rabbi and a historian who studied the historical development of Judaism. He was born in Prague and died in Breslau. He was the foun ...
, Darke ha-Mishnah, pp. 73 et seq.;
*
Heilprin, Seder ha-Dorot, ed. Warsaw, 1897, ii. 57b et seq.;
*
Weiss, Dor, ii. 41 et seq., 166 et seq.;
*
Zacuto, Yuḥasin, ed.
Filipowski, pp. 31b et seq., 51a.
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