Rabbi Zeira
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| − | Rabbi Zeira held of Eretz Yisroel in great esteem, saying that breathing its air makes an individual wiser and even the mundane conversations of its residents are Torah. He had a great yearning to move there but was prevented by his teacher Rav Yehuda who held it was forbidden to immigrate to Eretz Yisroel. | + | Rabbi Zeira held of Eretz Yisroel in great esteem, saying that breathing its air makes an individual wiser and even the mundane conversations of its residents are Torah. He had a great yearning to move there but was prevented by his teacher Rav Yehuda who held it was forbidden to immigrate to Eretz Yisroel. |
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| + | Before undertaking the trip, Rabbi Zeira fasted 100 times in order to forget the Torah he had studied in Bavel that was steeped in controversy so he could absorb the pure Torah of Eretz Yisroel without any impediments. | ||
==Long Life== | ==Long Life== | ||
Rabbi Zeira lived a very long life which he credited to never have acted temperamental in his home, never stepping in front of greater person then him, never walking four cubits with out donning Tefilin and thinking in Torah and for never having been joyous at the fall of his friends. | Rabbi Zeira lived a very long life which he credited to never have acted temperamental in his home, never stepping in front of greater person then him, never walking four cubits with out donning Tefilin and thinking in Torah and for never having been joyous at the fall of his friends. | ||
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| + | ==Kever Rabbi Zeira== | ||
| + | Rabbi Zeira is buried in Arbel, North Israel. | ||
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Revision as of 21:45, 8 May 2014
Rabbi Zeira was a leading third generation Babylonian Amora that moved to Eretz Yisroel. Originally called Rav Zeira in the Talmud Bavli, he became known as Rabbi Zeira after receiving Smicha. In the Talmud Yerushalmi he is called Rabbi Ze'era. He lived to a very old age.
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Bavel
Rabbi Zeira was born in Bavel. His father was a layman who worked as a tax collector but was known for his exceptional piety. Orphaned in his youth, Rabbi Zeira went to study Torah in the academies of Surah and Pumpadisa under Rav Huna and Rav Yehuda.
Yearning for Israel
Rabbi Zeira held of Eretz Yisroel in great esteem, saying that breathing its air makes an individual wiser and even the mundane conversations of its residents are Torah. He had a great yearning to move there but was prevented by his teacher Rav Yehuda who held it was forbidden to immigrate to Eretz Yisroel.
Before undertaking the trip, Rabbi Zeira fasted 100 times in order to forget the Torah he had studied in Bavel that was steeped in controversy so he could absorb the pure Torah of Eretz Yisroel without any impediments.
Long Life
Rabbi Zeira lived a very long life which he credited to never have acted temperamental in his home, never stepping in front of greater person then him, never walking four cubits with out donning Tefilin and thinking in Torah and for never having been joyous at the fall of his friends.
Kever Rabbi Zeira
Rabbi Zeira is buried in Arbel, North Israel.