Bnei Bathyra

"The Children of Bathyra" ; Also referred to in the Jerusalem Talmud as זקני בתירא , lit. "The Elders of Bathyra" ) were Jewish sages family that in a curtain period of time, headed the religious leadership of the Jewish people, during the Destruction of the Second Temple , and in close proximity to the begging of the era of the Tannaim . This family is known for its many important Jewish Sages over the course of many generations. A hundred year before the Destruction of the Second Temple, the family's sages have passed the torch of the Jewish leadership to Hillel the Elder , that made Aliya to the Land of Israel from Babylon and had studied at Sh'maya and Abtalion . The sages of the family are considered " Gedolei Hador ", the intellectual giants of the religious world of these generations, even after the Destruction of the Second Temple, and are known to have held a prominent position among the Yavne Sages. The general consensus attributes some Tannaim to this family, and the most known of these attributions is Judah ben Bathyra , who resided in Nusaybin west to Babylon .

"The Children of Bathyra" ; Also referred to in the Jerusalem Talmud as זקני בתירא , lit. "The Elders of Bathyra" ) were Jewish sages family that in a certain period of time, headed the religious leadership of the Jewish people, during the Destruction of the Second Temple , and in close proximity to the beginning of the era of the Tannaim . This family is known for its many important Jewish Sages over the course of many generations. A hundred-year before the Destruction of the Second Temple, the family's sages have passed the torch of the Jewish leadership to Hillel the Elder , that made Aliya to the Land of Israel from Babylon and had studied at Sh'maya and Abtalion . The sages of the family are considered " Gedolei Hador ", the intellectual giants of the religious world of these generations, even after the Destruction of the Second Temple, and are known to have held a prominent position among the Yavne Sages. The general consensus attributes some Tannaim to this family, and the most known of these attributions is Judah ben Bathyra , who resided in Nusaybin west to Babylon .

"The Sons of Bathyra" ; Also referred to in the Jerusalem Talmud as זקני בתירא , lit. "The Elders of Bathyra" ) were a family of Jewish sages who were religious leaders around the period of the Destruction of the Second Temple . This family is known for its many important Jewish Sages over the course of several generations. Some tannaim are considered to belong to this family; the best known of these is Judah ben Bathyra , who resided in Nusaybin west to Babylon . According to Heinrich Graetz , the family is named after the city Batira (בטירא), near Mount Hermon , which was settled by Herod and gave its name to the settlers. However, others disagree with this assessment, as the story involving the family and Hillel the Elder (in which the family is already established as leaders in Jerusalem) takes place near the beginning of Herod's reign, leading to a chronological difficulty. According to the Talmud, in about 30 BCE they served as leaders of the Sanhedrin . However, they were unable to remember the law regarding whether the Passover sacrifice is offered when the 14th of Nisan falls out on Shabbat . Hillel the Elder was able to answer the question for them, and as a result they were demoted from their position and Hillel took their place. As two brothers were not allowed to serve on the Sanhedrin at the same time, this suggests that the phrase "Sons of Bathyra" was not a patronymic , but a family name ( nomen gentilicium ). About 100 years later, the sons of Bathyra are recorded disputing with Johanan ben Zakkai whether the shofar should be blown when Rosh Hashana falls on Shabbat. Since this takes place about 100 years after the story involving Hillel, the sons of Bathyra mentioned here must have been descendants of the earlier leaders of the Sanhedrin, who probably still retained some of their ancestors' reputation. Aharon Heimann, Toldot Tannaim veAmoraim , "Hillel haZaken" Based on the statement that Hillel began his leadership 100 years before the destruction of the Temple (Shabbat 15a) Pesachim 66a Rosh Hashana 29b