Rabbi Shimon ben Chalafta

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|title = Rebbe Shimon ben Chalafta
 
|title = Rebbe Shimon ben Chalafta
 
|image        = [[File:00000759 plaque kever rabbi shimon ben chalafta.jpg|215px|alt=Rebbe Shimon ben Chalafta]]
 
|image        = [[File:00000759 plaque kever rabbi shimon ben chalafta.jpg|215px|alt=Rebbe Shimon ben Chalafta]]
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|data2  = {{Project Kivrei Tzadikim}}
 
 
|header3 = Hebrew:
 
|header3 = Hebrew:
|data4  = הרב יוסף אוחיון
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|data4  = רבי שמעון בן חלפתא
|header5 = Life:
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|data6  = ? - 26 August 1956 (כט'  אב תשט"ז) Tiznit, Morocco
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|data8  = Simon, Halafta
 
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|data10  = Old Tzfat Cemetery
 
|data10  = Old Tzfat Cemetery
 
|header13 = Description:
 
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|data14  = A Marocan Kabbalist that is now buried in the Tzfat cemetery.}}
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|data14  = A 4th - 5th generation Tana, a student friend of Rebbe Yehuda Hanasi.}}
  
'''Rebbe Shimon ben Chalafta''' was one of the last Tanaim and a friend of Rebbe Yehuda Hanasi. He was a grandson or brother of [[Rabbi Yossi ben Chalafta|Rabbi Yossi ben Chalafta]].
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'''Rebbe Shimon ben Chalafta''' was one of the last Tanaim and a friend of [[Rabbi Yehudah HaNasi|Rebbe Yehuda Hanasi]]. He was a grandson or brother of [[Rabbi Yossi ben Chalafta|Rabbi Yossi ben Chalafta]].
  
 
== Kever Rabbi Shimon ben Chalafta ==
 
== Kever Rabbi Shimon ben Chalafta ==
[[File:00000115 kever rabbi shimon ben chalafta.jpg|thumb|180px|left|Closeup of Tzion Rebbe Shimon.]][[File:00000114 tzion rabbi shimon ben chalafta.jpg|thumb|180px|right|Kever of Rebbe Shimon in Safed.]]The location of Rabbi Shimon ben Chalafta's Kever was unknown until it was recently discovered by Yisroel Meir Gabbi who found its approximate location after analyzing a number of description found in old texts. According to Gabbi, the Kever of Rabbi Shimon ben Chalafta is located right across from the Kever of Rebbe Yehoshua ben Chananya in the [[Ancient Tzfat Cemetery|ancient cemetery of Safed]] on the left side of the staircase leading down from the Arizal mikvah. Although its exact location is unknown, Gabbi and his organization Ohali Tzadikim marked its approximate location by painting it blue and putting up a sign.
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[[File:00000115 kever rabbi shimon ben chalafta.jpg|thumb|180px|left|Closeup of Tzion Rebbe Shimon.]][[File:00000114 tzion rabbi shimon ben chalafta.jpg|thumb|180px|right|Kever of Rebbe Shimon in Safed.]] According the [[Rabbi-Yitzchak-Luria|Arizal]] in Shaar Hagilgulim, Rabbi Shimon ben Chalafta is buried in the area around the old [[Safed|Tzfas]] cemetery. The location of Rabbi Shimon ben Chalafta's Kever was unknown until it was recently discovered by Yisroel Meir Gabbi who found its approximate location after analyzing a number of description found in old texts. According to Gabbi, the Kever of Rabbi Shimon ben Chalafta is located right across from the Kever of [[Rabbi Yehoshua ben Chananya|Rebbe Yehoshua ben Chananya]] in the [[Ancient Tzfat Cemetery|ancient cemetery of Safed]] on the left side of the staircase leading down from the [[Ari-Mikva|Arizal mikvah]]. Although its exact location is unknown, Gabbi and his organization Ohali Tzadikim marked its approximate location by painting it blue and putting up a sign. Mistakenly the kever on the left side of [[Rabbi Yossi ben Chalafta|Rabbi Yossi]] right near [[Abba Chalafta|Abba Chalafta]] in Kfar Chananya has been marked as the kever of Rabbi Shimon.
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=== Directions ===
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'''Geographic Coordinates'''
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*Latitude:  32.967393
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*Longitude: 35.488586
  
 
==More Photos==
 
==More Photos==
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Latest revision as of 11:15, 24 September 2013

Rebbe Shimon ben Chalafta
Rebbe Shimon ben Chalafta
Hebrew:
רבי שמעון בן חלפתא
Spelling:
Simon, Halafta
Kever:
Old Tzfat Cemetery
Description:
A 4th - 5th generation Tana, a student friend of Rebbe Yehuda Hanasi.

Rebbe Shimon ben Chalafta was one of the last Tanaim and a friend of Rebbe Yehuda Hanasi. He was a grandson or brother of Rabbi Yossi ben Chalafta.

[edit] Kever Rabbi Shimon ben Chalafta

Closeup of Tzion Rebbe Shimon.
Kever of Rebbe Shimon in Safed.
According the Arizal in Shaar Hagilgulim, Rabbi Shimon ben Chalafta is buried in the area around the old Tzfas cemetery. The location of Rabbi Shimon ben Chalafta's Kever was unknown until it was recently discovered by Yisroel Meir Gabbi who found its approximate location after analyzing a number of description found in old texts. According to Gabbi, the Kever of Rabbi Shimon ben Chalafta is located right across from the Kever of Rebbe Yehoshua ben Chananya in the ancient cemetery of Safed on the left side of the staircase leading down from the Arizal mikvah. Although its exact location is unknown, Gabbi and his organization Ohali Tzadikim marked its approximate location by painting it blue and putting up a sign. Mistakenly the kever on the left side of Rabbi Yossi right near Abba Chalafta in Kfar Chananya has been marked as the kever of Rabbi Shimon.

[edit] Directions

Geographic Coordinates

  • Latitude: 32.967393
  • Longitude: 35.488586

[edit] More Photos

 
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