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Yose ben Yochanan יוסי בן יוחנן איש ירושלים
Of Jerusalem; Av Beit Din of the first zug, alongside Yose ben Yoezer. Taught: let your house be open wide, and let the poor be members of your household.
I. Who
- Hebrew
- יוסי בן יוחנן איש ירושלים
- Era
- zugot
- Received the mesorah from
- Antigonus Ish Sokho
- Transmitted the mesorah to
- Yehoshua ben Perachiah, Nittai HaArbeli
- Colleagues
- Yose ben Yoezer
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 Yoezer, formed the first of the zugot; taught "let your house be open wide and let the poor be members of your household." | rabbinic | ★★★★★ | |
| In the first listed dispute over laying hands on a festival sacrifice, Yose ben Yochanan ruled that semikhah should be performed; the Mishnah identifies the second member of each pair as Av Beit Din.
Directly stated in the cited source. |
rabbinic | ★★★★★ | |
| Mishnah Sotah says that when Yose ben Yoezer of Tzeredah and Yose ben Yochanan of Jerusalem died, the "clusters" ceased, using a verse from Micah to mark the loss of exceptional sages.
The cited source supports this summary; minor wording or identification details are interpretive.
|
rabbinic tradition | ★★★★☆ | |
| Traditional placement c. 3500–3590 AM.
Schematic traditional dating. |
tradition reconstruction | ★★☆☆☆ |