person · P0015
Nittai HaArbeli נתאי הארבלי
Of Arbel; Av Beit Din of the second zug, with Yehoshua ben Perachiah. Taught: distance yourself from a bad neighbor, do not befriend a wicked person, and do not despair of retribution.
I. Who
- Hebrew
- נתאי הארבלי
- Era
- zugot
- Received the mesorah from
- Yose ben Yoezer, Yose ben Yochanan
- Transmitted the mesorah to
- Yehudah ben Tabbai, Shimon ben Shatach
- Colleagues
- Yehoshua ben Perachiah
II. When
- Traditional
- c. 3560–3650 AM
- Lifespan (traditional)
- ≈90 years
- Precision
- approximate
V. How do we know
| Claim | Evidence | Confidence | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| With Yehoshua ben Perachiah, formed the second zug; taught "distance yourself from a bad neighbor, do not cleave to a wicked person, and do not despair of retribution." | rabbinic | ★★★★★ | |
| Mishnah Chagigah pairs Nittai with Yehoshua ben Perachiah; Nittai permits laying hands on a festival sacrifice and is identified by the Mishnah's schema as Av Beit Din.
Directly stated in the cited source. |
rabbinic | ★★★★★ | |
| Traditional placement c. 3560–3650 AM.
Schematic traditional dating. |
tradition reconstruction | ★★☆☆☆ |