Me'asha
Me'asha was the name of three important rabbis of the Mishnaic and Talmudic periods.
- Me'asha, tanna to whom one reference occurs in the Mishnah (Peah 2:6), from which it appears that he lived in the time of Hillel's descendants (compare Heilprin, "Seder ha-Dorot," ii.).
- Me'asha ben Joseph (?), an aggadist and mystic who died in the time of Rabbi Ammi
- Me'asha (amora), an amora in the Land of Israel of the fourth century CE
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Singer, Isidore; et al., eds. (1901–1906). "Me'asha". The Jewish Encyclopedia. New York: Funk & Wagnalls.
