Rabbi Yossi Haglili
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− | + | Rabbi Yossi Haglili is used as the prime example in the Talmud of the righteous elder that would pray for rain during years of drought. When the sins of the nation would cause a drought, they would approach the elder Rabbi Yossi Haglili and he would pray for them, causing rain to come down. For years there was a custom in [[Safed|Tzfas]] when they prayed for rain at the local Kevarim and were not answered, they would travel to Dalton and pray at the kever of Rabbi Yossi Haglili and would immediately be answered. | |
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Rabbi Yossi Haglili was a third generation Tana and one of the Sages of Yavneh. He spent his early life in the Galil, for a time mentoring a young Rabbi Eleazar ben Azariah. In his elder years he came to the academy of Yavneh and was immediately accepted by the Sages due to his great knowledge. He had a nasty wife whom he divorced but continued to support her out of mercy when she reached difficult times. Rabbi Yossi Haglili is buried in the Dalton, Northern Israel.
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Bringer of Rain
Rabbi Yossi Haglili is used as the prime example in the Talmud of the righteous elder that would pray for rain during years of drought. When the sins of the nation would cause a drought, they would approach the elder Rabbi Yossi Haglili and he would pray for them, causing rain to come down. For years there was a custom in Tzfas when they prayed for rain at the local Kevarim and were not answered, they would travel to Dalton and pray at the kever of Rabbi Yossi Haglili and would immediately be answered.
Rebuked by Bruria
Rabbi Yossi Haglili was traveling and reached a crossroad, he asked a passing woman who happened to be Bruria wife of Rebbe Meir "Which way goes to Lud". She responded by rebuking him for speaking excessively to a woman, saying he should have instead asked "Which to Lud".
Children
His children included Rabbi Eliezer, Rabbi Shmuel and Rabbi Chanina.
Kever Rabbi Yossi Haglili
Rabbi Yossi Haglili is buried on the top of the mountain behind the village of Dalton. On the summit of the mountain there is a built tomb, slightly under it is the cave of Rabbi Yossi Haglili where he is most likely buried, the tomb built later to mark the overhead location. Somewhere in the immediate vicinity is the kever of Rabbi Eliyahu Gaon, Rosh Yeshiva of Goan Yackov the Yeshiva of Eretz Yisroel during the era of the Geonim. It is very likely that he was buried alongside Rebbe Yossi in the cave in the adjacent burial spot. Rabbi Eliezer (Yishmoel), son of Rabbi Yossi Hagelili is buried on the foot of the mountain and it is very likely that a second son, Rabbi Shmuel is buried in one of the caves halfway down.
Hillulah of Rabbi Yossi Haglili
The Yortzite Mesorati created for Rabbi Yossi Haglili by the residents of Dalton is on the 15th of Av, Tue Bav.