Rabbi Chiya, also called Rabbi Chiya the Great (Rabbi Chiya Rabbah), was born in Babylonia and came to the Land
Rabbi Yossi HaGlili, “Rabbi Yossi the Galilean,” was a Tanna of the generation of Yavneh, in the early 2nd century
Rabbi Yochanan HaSandlar, “the shoemaker,” was a Tanna of the 2nd century CE and a student of Rabbi Akiva. He
Rabban Yochanan ben Zakai was the youngest student of Hillel and the leader who carried the Jewish people through the
Yonatan ben Uziel was the greatest of the eighty students of Hillel the Elder. The Talmud (Sukkah 28a) says that
Shemaya and Avtalion were the fourth of the “pairs” (zugot) who led the Jewish people and passed on the Oral
Shammai was one of the leading sages of the late Second Temple period, serving as Av Beit Din, the deputy
Hillel the Elder (Hillel HaZaken) was one of the most important sages in Jewish history. Born in Babylonia, he came
Rabbi Meir was one of the greatest sages of the Mishnah and a leading student of Rabbi Akiva. The Talmud
Choni HaMe’agel, “Choni the Circle-Drawer,” lived in the 1st century BCE, in the time of the Second Temple. He was

