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Family

Legacy

Bar Kochba

and the Hadrianic Persecutions

Descended from converts

Father-in-law R. Hanania ben Teradyon

Wife Beruria

Flight to Babylon

Strange passage in Rashi

Tomb

Intellectual and Spiritual impact

Short-lived, heroic rebellion against Rome in mid 2nd-century

Ultimately crushed by Romans

Brutal Hadrianic Persecutions

"The Illuminator"

Teachings

"Stam Mishnah Rebbi Meir"

"old wine in a new bottle"

"we are born with clenched fists, we depart with open hands"

Nehorai, or Meir?

2nd Century Tanna

Pivotal role in passing the Oral Tradition to the next generation

The Oral Torah

Written Torah: First Five Books of Moses

Oral Torah: Mishnah, Midash, Kabbalah

Who was Rabbi Meir?

"Others Say"

Jewish History @ Avenue J

Rabbi Akiva

Rabbi Elisha ben Abuya

Conflict with Rabbi Shimon ben Gamliel

R. Natan: "those who say"

Dr. Henry Abramson

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