Binyamin Hatzadik
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| + | Binyamin Hatzadik can possibly be identified with the Tana Abba Binyamin. Alternatively he might have been the same Rabbi Binyomin who was a student of Rabbi Akiva. If Binyamin Hatzadik lived as early as the Temple Era, as might be implied by his oath where he swore by the 'Service of the Bais Hamikdash', then he can possibly be identified with Binyomin who was appointed over the ovens of the Bais Hamikdash. | ||
==Kever Binyomin Hatzadik== | ==Kever Binyomin Hatzadik== | ||
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| התנא בנימין הצדיק | |
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| Binyomin ha'Tzadik, Aba Binyomin, Abba Binyamin | |
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| A Tana who served as a manager of a charity fund. |
Binyomin Hatzadik was a Tana mentioned in the Braysa who administrated a charity fund and was once credited with saving the lives of a woman and her seven children. He is buried in Darom Neighborhood of Tzfat.
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Gabbi Tzedakah
Binyamin Hatzadik was a manager of a charity fund. Once during a year of famine he was approached by a woman who requested financial support. Binyamin Hatzadik swore by the Service of the Bais Hamikdash that the fund was currently depleted. She responded that if he would not support her then she and her seven children would die. Upon hearing this Binyamin Hatzadik went ahead and supported this family from his personal money.
Saved from Deathly Illness
Years later Binyamin Hatzadik became ill and was near death. In heaven the Ministering Angels argued in his behalf in front of Hashem. They said it is known from the Torah that one who sustains a single Jewish soul, it is as if he sustained the entire world. This is the reason why Adom was created alone, to show that each person through his descendents can fill the world. This is also the reason why Hashem rebuked Kayin after he murdered Hevel, "the bloods of your brother are calling out". He used the plural word 'bloods' to imply that Kayin had murdered Hevel and all the descendents that would have come from him. Binyamin Hatzadik had saved a woman and her seven children, the defending Angles demanded to know how he could pass away at such a young age. Their plea was accepted in Heaven and immediately the decree for Binyamin Hatzadik's death was torn and an additional 22 years were added to his life.
22 Additional Years
Binyamin Hatzadik was granted an additional 22 years of life for saving the woman and her seven children, an act which was equivalent to carrying them throughout pregnancy and then nursing them. There were eight souls saved, for each Binyamin Hatzadik was rewarded 9 months in exchange for the time of pregnancy, adding up to six years. Plus an additional 16 years for the allotted 2 years of nursing given to each soul, adds up to 22 years. (8 x 9 months = 6 years + 8 x 2 years = 16 years, totaling 22 years).
Identity
Binyamin Hatzadik can possibly be identified with the Tana Abba Binyamin. Alternatively he might have been the same Rabbi Binyomin who was a student of Rabbi Akiva. If Binyamin Hatzadik lived as early as the Temple Era, as might be implied by his oath where he swore by the 'Service of the Bais Hamikdash', then he can possibly be identified with Binyomin who was appointed over the ovens of the Bais Hamikdash.