Johanan HaSandlar

Rabbinical Eras
Chazal Zugot Tannaim Amoraim Savoraim Geonim Rishonim Acharonim

Johanan HaSandlar (lit. "Johanan the Shoemaker" or "Johanan the Sandalmaker", alternatively "Johanan the Alexandrian") (Hebrew: יוחנן הסנדלר‎) (c. 200 CE – c. 300 CE) was one of the main students of Rabbi Akiva and a contemporary of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai. He is one of the tannaim whose teachings are quoted in the Mishnah. The name "HaSandlar" may imply that Rabbi Yohanan earned his living as a shoemaker, but it could also indicate that he was a native of Alexandria, Egypt.^[1]

Rabbi Yochanan was a great-grandson of Rabbi Gamaliel the Elder; he also purportedly traced his ancestry back to King David.^[2] Rashi, the great medieval commentator, was a 33rd-generation descendant of Rabbi Yochanan.

He is well-known for his saying in the Mishnah of Pirkei Avoth (4:14): "Every assembly that is for the sake of Heaven will survive; but if it is not for the sake of Heaven, it will not survive."

He died on the 29th day of the Hebrew month of Tammuz (the same yahrzeit as that of Rashi), and was buried 200 meters from the tomb of Shimon bar Yochai in Meron, Israel.

References

^ Adin Steinsaltz (23 November 1993). The Talmud: The Steinsaltz Edition : Tractate Ketubot. Random House. p. 88. ISBN 978-0-679-42694-3. http://books.google.com/books?id=UwomAQAAIAAJ. Retrieved 14 September 2011.
^ Rabbi Yehiel Ben Shlomo Heilprin - Later Achronim

External links

Photo of Rabbi Yochanan's grave in Meron

Tannaim

Last Generation of Zugot Era	Hillel the Elder \| Shammai \| Bnei Bathyra \| Menahem \| Akabia ben Mahalalel \| Hananiah b. Hezekiah b. Garon

First Generation	Gamaliel I, the Elder \| Shimon ben Gamliel (I) \| Ishmael ben Elisha ha-Kohen \| Johanan ben Zakai \| Jonathan ben Uzziel \| Baba ben Buta \| Hanina Ben Dosa \| Hanina Segan ha-Kohanim \| Abba Saul ben Batnit \| Admon \| Dosa ben Harkinas \| Judah ben Bathyra \| Eliezer ben Jacob I \| Nahum the Mede

Second Generation (Destruction of the Second Temple and thereafter)	Gamaliel II \| Joshua ben Hananiah \| Eliezer ben Hurcanus \| Eleazar ben Arach \| Nehunya ben HaKanah \| Nahum of Gimzo \| Abba Hilkiah \| Rabbi Zadok

Third Generation	Akiva ben Joseph \| Tarfon \| Judah ben Baba \| Rabbi Ishmael \| Eleazar ben Azariah \| Jose the Galilean \| Eliezer ben Jose \| Haninah ben Teradion \| Johanan ben Baroka \| Simon ben Zoma \| Simeon ben Azzai \| Onkelos \| Hanina ben Antigonus \| Hanina ben Hakinai \| Yochanan ben Nuri \| Eleazar Chisma \| Elisha ben Abuyah \| Rabbi Ilai I \| Eleazar of Modi'im \| Halafta \| Haninah ben Ahi R. Joshua \| Abtolemus \| Jose ben Kisma \| Jeshbab the Scribe \| Aquila of Sinope \| Johanan ben Torta \| Eleazar ben Judah of Bartota \| Matteya ben Heresh \| Hanan the Egyptian \| Simeon the Yemenite

Fourth Generation	Shimon ben Gamaliel (II) \| Judah bar Ilai \| Jose ben Halafta \| Rabbi Meir (and wife Bruriah) \| Simeon bar Yochai \| Eleazar ben Shammua \| Rabbi Nehemiah \| Rabbi Nathan \| Joshua ben Karha \| Abba Saul \| Yochanan HaSandlar \| Phinehas ben Jair \| Simeon Shezuri

Fifth Generation	Judah I \| Huna Kamma \| Jose b. Judah \| Ishmael ben Jose \| Eleazar b. Simeon \| Simeon ben Eleazar \| Eleazar ha-Kappar \| Symmachus ben Joseph \| Issi ben Judah \| Bar Kappara \| Jose ben Zimra \| Levi ben Sisi \| Rabbi Bana'ah \| Simeon b. Menasya \| Yadua the Babylonian

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Name	Johanan the Shoemaker
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Date of birth	200
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Date of death	300
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