merging. › Akiva ben Joseph (Mishnaic Hebrew: עֲקִיבָא בֶּן יוֹסֵף, ʿĂqīḇāʾ ben Yōsēp̄; c. 50 – 28 September 135 CE), also known as Rabbi Akiva (רַבִּי עֲקִיבָא)...

daughter of Akiva Eiger of Halberstadt, author of the book Mishnat DeRabbi Akiva, rabbi of Zülz and Pressburg, considered one of the great rabbis of German...

Alphabet of Rabbi Akiva (Hebrew: אלפא-ביתא דרבי עקיבא, Alpha-Beta de-Rabbi Akiva), otherwise known as Letters of Rabbi Akiva (Hebrew: אותיות דרבי עקיבא...

the orchard: Ben Azzai, Ben Zoma, Acher (i.e., Elisha ben Avuya), and Rabbi Akiva. One looked and died. One looked and was harmed. One looked and cut down...

Rabbi Akiva. Rabbi Akiva (c. 50 – c. 135 AD), Judean religious leader Akiva Ehrenfeld (1923–2012), president of Kiryat Mattersdorf, Jerusalem Akiva Eiger...

Yohanan ben Zakkai (d. c. 80 CE) and Rabbi Akiva (d. 135) were deeply involved in merkabah exegesis. Rabbi Akiva and his contemporary Ishmael ben Elisha...

of the Tannaim of the fourth generation (139–163), and a disciple of Rabbi Akiva. He is the third most frequently mentioned sage in the Mishnah[citation...

Moses sees Rabbi Akiva teaching the Oral Torah, and later meeting his fate at the hands of the Romans, in a sugya (passage) in the Babylonian Talmud....

"Law given to Moses at Mount Sinai"; comp. Rabbi Samson of Chinon in his Sefer HaKeritot). Rabbi Akiva and Rabbi Ishmael and their scholars especially contributed...

early Syria Palaestina. He was one of the most eminent disciples of Rabbi Akiva. The Zohar, a 13th-century foundational work of Kabbalah, is ascribed...

However, the revolt strengthened the rabbis' position as the dominant Jewish sect. Most researchers believe Rabbi Akiva's students participated in the revolt...

The wife of Rabbi Akiva (Hebrew: אשת רבי עקיבא) was a late 1st-century CE Jewish resident of Judea who is cited by the Talmud and Aggadah as a paragon...

the Davidic line. He is said to have been born on the same day that Rabbi Akiva died as a martyr. The Talmud suggests that this was a result of divine...

which time he is said to have ordered the execution of the Jewish leader Rabbi Akiva in Caesarea. Rufus' tenure ended a period of ten years following Lusius...

Bnei Akiva (Hebrew: בְּנֵי עֲקִיבָא, /bneɪ əkivə/, "Children of Akiva") is the largest religious Zionist youth movement in the world, with over 125,000...

Akiva Tatz is a prominent South African Orthodox rabbi, inspirational speaker and writer who is heavily involved in Orthodox Jewish outreach. He is also...

Jerusalem, under the leadership of the Chasam Sofer's great-grandson, Rabbi Akiva Sofer (the Daas Sofer). Sofer published very little during his lifetime;...

of other sages: "It happened that Rabbi Eliezer, Rabbi Yehoshua, Rabbi Elazar ben Azariah, Rabbi Akiva, and Rabbi Tarfon were reclining (at a seder)...

Rabbi Akiva Weingarten (born December 23, 1984, in Monsey, New York) is a German-American liberal rabbi. He serves as the chief Rabbi of the state of...

according to the opinion of Rabbi Akiva. In Dor Revi'i, Rabbi Glasner provides an explanation of the opinions of R. Yishmael and R. Akiva as well as the various...

revolt: Rabban Gamaliel II of Yavneh, Rabbi Joshua ben Hananiah and Rabbi Eliezer ben Hurcanus, the teachers of Rabbi Akiva, as well as Gamaliel of Yavne and...

simply mean his teachings in general. Another possibility is that Rabbi Akiva and Rabbi Meir established the divisions and order of subjects in the Mishnah...

' it constitutes a grudge. Rashi concludes his commentary by quoting Rabbi Akiva on love of neighbor: 'This is a fundamental [all-inclusive] principle...

system of halakhic exegesis which, while running parallel with that of Rabbi Akiva, is considered the more logical of the two. Indeed, Yishmael established...

Or Akiva (Hebrew: אור עקיבא, lit. 'Light of Akiva') is a city located in the Haifa District of Israel, on the country's coastal plain. It is located inland...

of Tannaim), and a disciple of Rabbi Akiva. Of the many Judahs in the Talmud, he is the one referred to simply as "Rabbi Judah" and is the most frequently...

ben Yoḥai) is midrash halakha on the Book of Exodus from the school of Rabbi Akiva attributed to Shimon bar Yochai. No midrash of this name is mentioned...

Sanhedrin as nasi after the fall of the Second Temple (?–c. 118) Rabbi Akiva or Akiva ben Yosef (c. 50–28 September 135 CE) 1st-century Judea, central...

Moses sees Rabbi Akiva. It begins with Moses finding God putting calligraphy "crowns" on the letters of the Torah, for the sake of Rabbi Akiva. Moses then...

Eliezer) Eliezer ben Hurcanus Rabbi Akiva and his pupils Shimon bar Yochai and Judah bar Ilai Less frequently, Rabbi Meir and Jose ben Halafta Judah the...