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    Sifre and Mekhilta of Rabbi Shimon ben Yochai are attributed to him (not to be confused with the Mekhilta of Rabbi Ishmael, of which much of the text is...
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    The Mekhilta of Rabbi Shimon ben Yochai (Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: מכילתא דרבי שמעון בן יוחאי, romanized: Mǝkhilta dǝ-Rabbi Shimʿon ben Yoḥai) is midrash...
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    Other important mekhiltas were those of Shimon bar Yochai and on Book of Deuteronomy. The latter work was also associated with Rabbi Ishmael's teachings...
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    found elsewhere, such as part of the Mekhilta of Rabbi Shimon ben Yochai. Most of the Mekhilta of Rabbi Shimon ben Yochai is found in the Midrash HaGadol...
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  • The Mekhilta of Rabbi Shimon ben Yochai, on the Book of Exodus The Mekhilta le-Sefer Devarim, on the Book of Deuteronomy Midrash halakha, a mekhilta that...
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    students of his died in a plague. His five main students were Judah bar Ilai, Rabbi Meir, Rabbi Eleazar ben Shammua, Jose ben Halafta and Shimon bar Yochai. Once...
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    Sifre (category Book of Numbers)
    Regarding the reference in Sanhedrin 86a to the Sifre of Rabbi Simeon, see Mekhilta of Rabbi Shimon ben Yochai; the question has likewise been raised whether...
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    from Shimon bar Yochai in Teqoa, a place some have identified with Meron. He also studied with Eleazar ben Shammua. Judah did not study with Rabbi Meir...
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    Book of Exodus. There are two versions of this midrash collection. One is Mekhilta of Rabbi Ishmael, the other is Mekhilta of Rabbi Shimon ben Yochai. The...
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    disputes with Rabbi Akiva (however, the two agreed with regard to a tosefta), with Shimon bar Yochai, and R. Eleazar ben Azaryah. Other sayings of R. Tarfon...
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