Rabbi Shimon Ben Lakish

Shimon ben Lakish (ריש לקיש) Reish Lakish

Rabbi Shimon ben Lakish was one of the greatest Amoraim of the Land of Israel in the second generation of Amoraim. A student and friend of R. Yochanan. And later married R. Yochanan’s sister. Called ‘Rish Lakish’ – the head of the thieves, for a time was the leader of a group of bandits.

Shim‘on ben Lakish, better known by his nickname Reish Lakish, was an amora who lived in Israel at the time  Roman province of Syria Palaestina in the third century. He was reputedly born in Bosra, east of the Jordan River, around 200 CE, but lived most of his life in Sepphoris

Arrival instructions
On Road 90, go north, turn left after the Mahnayim junction on a dirt road, after about 1.5 km, the road turns right, and a new road branches off from it, ascending this road, after about 2.2 km, turn right, and after about 2 km Arriving at Horbat Katzion, on the left, down the hill, is the cave of R. Shimon.

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