Re’uven Ben Itstrubali Tomb-רבי ראובן בן אצטרובלי
Tanna in the fourth generation (the generation of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai) [Meila ]
His sons were disciples of Rabbi Yehuda the President [Yerushalmi Kalim ]
Lives in the town of Arab in the Misgav area, in Galilee.
Was a true leader with devotion to the people of Israel.
When a Roman emperor decreed the people of Israel and forbade them to keep the Sabbath,
Family circumcision and purity,
Rabbi Reuven Itzroveli went and told his hair in the Roman style.
In his “Roman” appearance he came to the king’s palace and proved to him that keeping these three commandments weakens the people of Israel,
And persuaded him that for his own sake and for the sake of the Roman kingdom,
It is better for the people of Israel to keep these commandments.
Thanks to him, the decrees were revoked
His landmark is in his hometown of Arabia, which is To day Araba Arab village
Arrival instructions
From Road 70, turn east at the Yavor junction to Road 805. Continue after Sakhnin and reach a gas station in the village of Araba, c. 150 m after the gas station turn right, and after c. 500 m you will see a cemetery, on the right. At the beginning of the cemetery, there is an ancient stone coffin, this is the burial place of R. Reuven.
Location and identification of the tomb
The tomb of R. Reuven the Pinecone, known by the residents as ‘Nabi Rubin’, is now marked in the western part of the ancient village, in a Muslim cemetery, with a sarcophagus lid hidden in the center, but in the old maps this tomb does not appear
It is difficult to verify the correctness of the Tomb because according to the pilgrims he was buried on the other side of the city compared to R.H. Ben Dosa and inside the Jewish cemetery located elsewhere
