Rabbi Cruspidi the Tana
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|data14 = A Tana mentioned in the Zohar.}} | |data14 = A Tana mentioned in the Zohar.}} | ||
− | '''Rabbi Cruspidi''' | + | '''Rabbi Cruspidi the Tana''' is mentioned a number of times in the Zohar, where he is called Rabbi Cruspidi Chamid Leba. |
==Near Death Experience== | ==Near Death Experience== | ||
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Rabbi Cruspidi became ill and was visited on Shabbos day by [[Rabbi Yossi ben Kisma]] and the Sages. They witnessed him cry and laugh and then lose consciousness. Thinking he had passed away, the Sages decided to leave him until after the Shabbos, as no further action could be taken at the moment. | Rabbi Cruspidi became ill and was visited on Shabbos day by [[Rabbi Yossi ben Kisma]] and the Sages. They witnessed him cry and laugh and then lose consciousness. Thinking he had passed away, the Sages decided to leave him until after the Shabbos, as no further action could be taken at the moment. | ||
Rabbi Yochanan got up and began to eulogize, comparing their situation to Nomi who first lost her husband and then her two sons, making it a tragedy upon a tragedy. "Here too when we lost Rebbe Eliezer we comforted ourselves with Rabbi Yochanan ben Nuri and his companions. When they passed away we comforted ourselves with Rebbe Cruspidi. Now that our friend Rebbe Cruspidi passed away it is a tragedy upon a tragedy." | Rabbi Yochanan got up and began to eulogize, comparing their situation to Nomi who first lost her husband and then her two sons, making it a tragedy upon a tragedy. "Here too when we lost Rebbe Eliezer we comforted ourselves with Rabbi Yochanan ben Nuri and his companions. When they passed away we comforted ourselves with Rebbe Cruspidi. Now that our friend Rebbe Cruspidi passed away it is a tragedy upon a tragedy." | ||
− | + | As they were sitting Rabbi Chilkia noticed tears in the eyes of Rabbi Cruspidi and saw him laugh. Proclaiming that he was still alive, they did not let anyone come near him until the evening when Rabbi Cruspidi opened his eyes and requested a drink of water. He then told everyone to come back tomorrow and he will reveal to them what he had seen in a different world, warning them to keep his family and anyone else away from his bed for the remainder of the night. Everyone departed aside from Rabbi Yochanan who also remained distant. | |
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− | + | In the morning Rabbi Cruspidi called over Rabbi Yochanan and related how he saw the chamber of the Moshiach and how they proclaim there "Fortunate are those who study Torah or support those that study as well as those that are always forgiving". | |
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