Yose ben Judah

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YOSE BEN JUDAH

YOSE BEN JUDAH (second century c.e.), tanna. Yose was the elder colleague of Judah ha-Nasi (see Pes. 112b) with whom he held halakhic discussions (Shab. 18a) and whom he accompanied on his tours of the country (Ned. 62a; Gen. R. 76:8). Yose's statements are cited a number of times in four of the six orders of the Mishnah but not in Zera'im and Tohorot. Many of them are cited anonymously, whence his designation in the Babylonian Talmud, "stimata" (Er. 38 b; et al.). Yose is very frequently mentioned in all six orders of the Tosefta. Most of his statements belong to halakhah and only a few are in aggadah, the best known being that which tells about the two ministering angels who accompany a man when he returns home from the synagogue on the eve of the Sabbath (Shab. 119b). Well known too is his apothegm: "Let your 'yes' be righteous and your 'no' be righteous" (bm 49a). It is possible that Simeon b. Judah was his brother.

bibliography:

Epstein, Tanna'im, 172–4; Hyman, Toledot, s.v.

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