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Сила Теилим

Grave

Eliezer ben Yaakov

Tana

Grave Eliezer ben Yaakov

Yahrzeit (Hillula)

  • 20 Tevet — Rabbi Yaakov Abuchatzeira - Abir Yaakov
Rabbi Eliezer ben Yaakov was a Tana of the fourth generation and one of the students of Rabbi Akiva.
Resting place - the cave at Kfar Hananya, HaTzafon - near the graves of Abba Chalafta and his son Rabbi Yose.
He was one of the sages of Usha, to which the Sanhedrin relocated from Yavneh in 135 CE.
Rabbi Eliezer ben Yaakov used to say:
"Whoever performs one mitzvah acquires for himself one advocate, and whoever commits one transgression acquires for himself one accuser. Repentance and good deeds are like a shield against calamity." (Pirkei Avot 4:11)

Location

Kfar Hananya, Израиль

32.91599, 35.42378 — open on OpenStreetMap

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