- Yochanan Hasandlar
Rabbi Yochanan Hasandlar (200-300) (רבי יוחנן הסנדלר) was one of the main students of
Rabbi Akiva and a contemporary of RabbiShimon bar Yochai . He is one of theTannaim whose teachings are quoted in theMishnah . His name, "Hasandlar", could either refer to the fact that he earned his living as a sandal maker, or that he was a native ofAlexandria . [ [http://uscj.org/scripts/wa.exe?A2=ind0310&L=mishnahyomit&D=0&P=2816 LISTSERV 15.0 - MISHNAHYOMIT Archives ] ]Rabbi Yochanan was a great-grandson of Rabbi
Gamaliel the Elder ; he also purportedly traced his ancestry back toKing David . [ [http://www.chabad.org/library/article.asp?AID=112344 Rabbi Yehiel Ben Shlomo Heilprin - Later Achronim ] ]Rashi , the great medieval commentator, was a 33rd-generation descendant of Rabbi Yochanan.He is well-known for his saying in the Mishnah of
Pirkei Avoth (4:14): "Every assembly that is for the sake of Heaven will survive; but if it is not for the sake of Heaven, it will not survive."He died on the 29th day of the Hebrew month of Tammuz (the same yahrzeit as that of Rashi), and was buried 200 meters from the tomb of Shimon bar Yochai in Meron,
Israel .ee also
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Rabbi Akiva
*Tannaim References
External links
* [http://www.breslev-midot.com/eng/photo_album05.asp Photo of Rabbi Yochanan's grave in Meron]
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