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Yose ben Yoezer יוסי בן יועזר איש צרדה
Of Tzeredah; Nasi of the first of the five zugot (pairs) who led the Sanhedrin. Called "the chasid among the priesthood." Taught: let your house be a meeting place for the sages.
I. Who
- Hebrew
- יוסי בן יועזר איש צרדה
- Era
- zugot
- Received the mesorah from
- Antigonus Ish Sokho
- Transmitted the mesorah to
- Yehoshua ben Perachiah, Nittai HaArbeli
- Colleagues
- Yose ben Yochanan
II. When
- Traditional
- c. 3500–3590 AM
- Lifespan (traditional)
- ≈90 years
- Precision
- approximate
V. How do we know
| Claim | Evidence | Confidence | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| With Yose ben Yochanan, received the tradition from Antigonus's generation; taught "let your house be a meeting house for the sages, sit in the dust of their feet, and drink their words thirstily." | rabbinic | ★★★★★ | |
| In each zug, one served as Nasi and one as Av Beit Din. | rabbinic | ★★★★☆ | |
| In the first listed dispute over laying hands on a festival sacrifice, Yose ben Yoezer ruled not to perform semikhah; the Mishnah identifies the first member of each pair as Nasi.
Directly stated in the cited source. |
rabbinic | ★★★★★ | |
| Bereshit Rabbah portrays Yose ben Yoezer being led to execution and answering his Hellenized relative Yakum of Tzeror with confidence in divine justice; the encounter prompts Yakum's repentance.
Midrashic martyrdom narrative; historical details are not independently verified.
|
rabbinic tradition | ★★★☆☆ | |
| Traditional placement c. 3500–3590 AM (Maccabean era).
Schematic traditional dating. |
tradition reconstruction | ★★☆☆☆ |