Abba Shaul

{{Infobox
|title = Aba Shaul
|image        = [[File:00000981 mistaken kever of aba shaul.jpg|215px|alt=Abba Shaul]]
|header3 = Hebrew:
|data4  = אבא שאול
|header7 = Spelling:
|data8  = Abba Saul
|header9 = Kever:
|data10  = Mistakenly marked in Birya
|header11 = Hillula:
|data12  = 29th of Nissan
|header13 = Description:
|data14  = A 3rd generation Tana.}}

'''Abba Shaul''' was a third generation Tana that is mentioned in the Mishna. He was born before the destruction of the 2nd Temple and gave over many testimonies about what he saw there. In his  youth Aba Shaul studied under [[Rabbi Yochanan ben Zakkai]] but not long enough to be considered a student. He used to work as a gravedigger and related a few experience's from his career. An ancient but mistaken tradition places the Kever of Abba Shaul and his wife in a [[Biriya]] cave. This however was rebuffed by the [[Rabbi Yitzchak Luria|holy Arizal]] who revealed through his Ruach Hakodesh that this kever belongs to a different Tzadik who he did not name.

==Cave of Abba Shaul==
Although the [[Rabbi Yitzchak Luria|holy Arizal]] already said Abba Shaul and his wife are not buried in the cave attributed to them in [[Biriya]], since he did not reveal the name of the Tzadik who is buried there, people continue to refer to the location as the 'Cave of Abba Shaul'.

===Hillula of Abba Shaul===
Members of the local community in Biriya decided to create a Hillula for Abba Shaul on the 29th of Nissan.

=== Directions ===
'''Geographic Coordinates'''
*Latitude:  32.982972
*Longitude: 35.501162

==More Photos==
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{{Kivrei Tzadikim}}

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