• ben Lakish (Hebrew: שמעון בן לקיש; Imperial Aramaic: שמעון בר לקיש Shim‘on bar Lakish or bar Lakisha), better known by his nickname Reish Lakish (c. 200...
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    takes the form of a man, and stands at the left hand of God. Shimon ben Lakish (Syria Palaestina, 3rd century) concluded that the angelic names of Michael...
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    developed during the Babylonian captivity. According to Rabbi Simeon ben Lakish of Tiberias (230–270 A.D.), specific names for the angels were brought back...
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    offered to him by Judah. Yochanan also induced Judah to visit Shimon ben Lakish, who had fled from Tiberias in consequence of having made offensive remarks...
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  • the earliest Amoraim in Israel were Johanan bar Nappaha and Shimon ben Lakish. Traditionally, the Amoraic period is reckoned as seven or eight generations...
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    angels were brought by the Jews from Babylonia", attributed to Shimon ben Lakish or Rabbi Hanina respectively. Raphael first appears in two works of this...
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  • background, or cut out with a fretsaw, jigsaw or scrollsaw Instruct, See: Resh Lakish#Examples of his exegesis Others to Adorn (1938), book by Oliver St. John...
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  • Twenty-four priestly gifts 24 priestly divisions 24 questions that Reish Lakish would ask Rabbi Yochanan 24 blessings recited in the Amidah on fast days...
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    and bishop of Bosra Beryllus of Bostra, 3rd century, Bishop Shimon ben Lakish, 3rd century, amora of the second generation and rabbi Titus of Bostra,...
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    chirped, no bird flew, no ox lowed;'... 'These words,' says Simeon ben Lakish, as follows: If one man calls to another, his voice has a bat kol; but the...
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