Joshua ben Levi (Yehoshua ben Levi) was an amora—a scholar of Jewish law during the period in which the Gemara was codified—who lived in the Land of Israel...

parables on the nature of God's justice. One such story is that of Rabbi Joshua ben Levi. The rabbi, a friend of Elijah's, was asked what favor he might wish...

interrupt and seize his victim (B. M. 86a; Mak. 10a). The death of Joshua ben Levi in particular is surrounded with a web of fable. When the time came...

Shimon ben Pazi, also known as Rabbi Simon, was an amora of the third generation. He was a student of Johanan bar Nappaha and Joshua ben Levi. He is commonly...

son of Pandera" (Editions or MS: Venice) The full passage is: Ribbi Joshua ben Levi had colic. Ribbi Hanina and Ribbi Jonathan told him to grind taḥlusin...

Me'asha ben Joseph (?) was an aggadist and mystic; grandson and pupil of Joshua ben Levi From the few details concerning him it appears that on Shabbat...

Byzantine translation of, misattributed to Salmon ben Yeruham. Haggai Ben-Shammai (2006), Japheth ben Eli ha-Levi, from Encyclopaedia Judaica (2nd ed.). via...

Yehoshua) (died 131), a tanna (sage) Joshua ben Levi, Jewish amora (scholar) in the first half of the third century Joshua the Stylite, author of a chronicle...

legend involving the Talmudic Rabbi Joshua ben Levi and the Holy Prophet Elijah. As with Moses and al-Khiḍr, Joshua asks to follow Elijah, who agrees under...

for a further 40 days, 70 days, or 14 years; indeed, according to Joshua ben Levi, the manna ceased to appear at the moment that Moses died. Despite...

transmitted by Joshua ben Levi and by Hiyya ben Gamda. In one place the following order is given: Simon ben Pazzi says in the name of Joshua ben Levi in the name...

the life to come". And according to the description of Gehenna by Joshua ben Levi, who, like Dante, wandered through hell under the guidance of the angel...

Isaiah or Yeshayahu ben Avraham Ha-Levi Horowitz (Hebrew: ישעיה בן אברהם הלוי הורוויץ), (c. 1555 – March 24, 1630), also known as the Shelah HaKaddosh...

Levi ben Gershon (1288 – 20 April 1344), better known by his Graecized name as Gersonides, or by his Latinized name Magister Leo Hebraeus, or in Hebrew...

existed in the generation of Ezra and Nehemiah. These include: Rabbi Joshua ben Levi even derived the term "Great Assembly" from Ezra's choice of words...

circle of Gehenna, and according to the description of Gehenna by Joshua ben Levi, who, like Dante, wandered through hell under the guidance of the angel...

Judah haNasi's students and others. Dean of the Yeshiva at Nehardea. Joshua ben Levi (early 3rd century), headed the school of Lod. Bar Kappara Rav Huna...

punishment for his sins. And according to the description of Gehenna by Joshua ben Levi, who, similarly to Dante Alighieri, wandered through hell under the...

Levi ben Japheth, born Abu Said al-Lawi ibn Hasan al-Basri (Arabic: أبو سعيد اللهوي/لاوي إبن حسن البصري, d. 11th-century CE) was a prominent Jewish Karaite...

circle of Gehenna, and according to the description of Gehenna by Joshua ben Levi, who, like Dante, wandered through hell under the guidance of the angel...

had especially friendly relations with Hoshaiah. Together with Rabbi Joshua ben Levi, he assisted at Laodicea in the reception of a female proselyte into...

Ishmael ben Elisha, whose dialectic system, as opposed to that of Rabbi Akiva, they acquired. It is even reported that Jonathan all but converted Ben Azzai...

Joshua the son of Jehozadak (Hebrew: יְהוֹשֻׁוּעַ Yəhōšūaʿ‍), also spelled Yeshua (Hebrew: יֵשׁוּעַ Yēšūaʿ‍) was the first High Priest at the reconstruction...

Hanina invited Joshua ben Levi to join him in prayer. Joshua did so, but no rain came. Then Hanina addressed the people: "Joshua ben Levi does not bring...

you this night? Bring them out to us, that we may know them.'" Rabbi Joshua ben Levi said in the name of Rabbi Padiah that Lot prayed for mercy on the Sodomites'...

supposed to be observed on the 14th of Adar; later, however, Rabbi Joshua ben Levi (3rd century CE) prescribed that the Megillah should also be read on...

Jewish tradition, from the Babylonian Talmud, Sanhedrin 98a. Rabbi Joshua ben Levi (who lived in the first half of the third century), while meditating...

quoted who flourished a long time after R. Nathan; for instance, Rabbi Joshua ben Levi. The designation "De-Rabbi Nathan" may be explained by the circumstance...

Rabbi Joshua ben Levi, without peace too, as 1 Samuel 25:6 says, "And peace be to your house." Rabbi Joshua of Siknin said in the name of Rabbi Levi, without...

to stay in paradise, after he had a look into it, similar as in the Joshua ben Levi legend. The play was adapted 1974 for the stage by a grand nephew of...