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Simeon ben Gamliel (I) ( Hebrew: שמעון בן גמליאל or רשב"ג הראשון; c. 10 BC – 70 AD) was a Tanna sage and leader of the Jewish people. He served as nasi of the Great Sanhedrin at Jerusalem during the outbreak of the First Jewish–Roman War, succeeding his father in the same office after his father's death in 50 AD and ...
Simeon ben Gamaliel II. Simeon (or Shimon) ben Gamaliel II ( Hebrew: רבן שמעון בן גמליאל השני ) was a Tanna of the third generation and president of the Great Sanhedrin. He was the son of Gamaliel II .
Gamaliel, and the patriarchate attained under him a degree of honor previously unknown. While formerly only two persons, the nasi and the ab bet din, presided over the college, Simeon established the additional office of ḥakam, with authority equal to that of the others, appointing R. Meïr to the new office.
Rabban Gamliel I was succeeded by his son, or as some say, his son-in-law, who took over the spiritual leadership as Nassi during one of the saddest periods of Jewish history. The yoke of the Romans became ever heavier, and oppression made the spiritual and cultural life very difficult. Rabbi Shimon strongly emphasized the importance of ...
role in Jewish history. …organized under the leadership of Simeon ben Gamaliel (reigned c. 135–c. 175), the son of the previous patriarch (the Roman term for the head of the Palestinian Jewish community) of the house of Hillel, in association with rabbis representing other schools and interests. In the ensuing struggle for power, Gamaliel….
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Simeon b. Gamaliel died before the outbreak was quelled; he is said to have been executed by the Romans (Sem. viii.), though this statement lacks historical support. Little is known of his activity as a teacher of the Law, though it may be assumed that he followed the liberal interpretations of his grandfather Hillel.
Rabbi Judah was the son of Rabbi Simeon ben Gamliel and was elected "Prince" ( Nassi) after the death of his father. He was born on the very day that Rabbi Akiba died in the hands of the Romans. In the Mishnah, Rabbi Judah the Prince ( Yehudah HaNasi) is called, simply, "Rabbi," for he was so famous that he needed no other name by which to ...
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