Rabbi Yossi Dmon Yukras
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רבי יוסי דמן יוקרת | |
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Yossi, Yosi, Jose, Yose, Yokras, Yukrat | |
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Kadita | |
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A 3rd generation Eretz Yisroel Amora. |
Rabbi Yossi Dmon Yukras was a third or fourth generation Amora, living in Eretz Yisroel. Rebbe Yosi was named after Yukras, the city where he lived. He was responsible for the death of his children, punishing his son Yehuda for using practical Kabbalah to instantaneously grow figs and commanding the death of his daughter so people not stumble in her beauty and be pogem habris.
Kever Rabbi Yossi of Yukrat
Rabbi Yose of Yukrat is buried under Kadita on the road leading from Tzefat to Meron. Across the road from Rebbe Yosi is the kever of Rabbi Kruspedi and a little down the road is the grave site of his father and children.