Rabbi Elazar ben Arach
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Rabbi Elazar ben Arach was one of the five main students of [[Rabbi Yochanan ben Zakkai]] which included Rabbi Eliezer ben Hurkenus, [[Rabbi Yehoshua ben Chananya]], [[Rabbi Shimon ben Netanel]] and [[Rabbi Yossi Hakohen]]. His teacher praised him calling him an ever-increasing spring. Abba Shaul said in the name of Rabbi Yochanan; if all the Sages were on one side of a balance-scale including Eliezer ben Hurkenus, and Elazar ben Arach on the other side, he would outweigh them all. | Rabbi Elazar ben Arach was one of the five main students of [[Rabbi Yochanan ben Zakkai]] which included Rabbi Eliezer ben Hurkenus, [[Rabbi Yehoshua ben Chananya]], [[Rabbi Shimon ben Netanel]] and [[Rabbi Yossi Hakohen]]. His teacher praised him calling him an ever-increasing spring. Abba Shaul said in the name of Rabbi Yochanan; if all the Sages were on one side of a balance-scale including Eliezer ben Hurkenus, and Elazar ben Arach on the other side, he would outweigh them all. | ||
− | When Rabbi Yochanan asked his | + | When Rabbi Yochanan asked his student to choose the best trait for a person to acquire, Rabbi Elazar replied "a good heart". When he once again requested them to list the worst trait that a person should most distance himself from, Rabbi Elazar replied "an evil heart". Rabbi Yochanan declared that he liked Rabbi Elazar's answered above the rest of the student's since his words included all their's. |
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Once, Rabbi Elazar ben Arach returned to his former city and was honored with the reading of the Torah. When he reached the words החודש הזה לכם he read them החרש היה לבם. His friends and student realized that he had forgotten his learning. They prayed for him and Eliyahu Hanavi came to him and reinstated all his former Torah. | Once, Rabbi Elazar ben Arach returned to his former city and was honored with the reading of the Torah. When he reached the words החודש הזה לכם he read them החרש היה לבם. His friends and student realized that he had forgotten his learning. They prayed for him and Eliyahu Hanavi came to him and reinstated all his former Torah. | ||
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