רבי דוסא בן הרכינס

Rabbi Dosa ben Harkinas
Tannaim · c. 10-220 CE

רבי דוֹסָה בֶן הַרְכִינָס היה תנא מהדור הראשון לתנאים, והיה בן דורו של רבן יוחנן בן זכאי, והאריך ימים וחי גם בדור השני לתנאים. הוא סתם רבי דוסא במשנה.

Dosa ben Harkinas was of the first generation of the Jewish Tanna sages, proceeding from the era of the Zugot. Contemporary to Yochanan ben Zakai, he was active during the era of the Second Temple of Jerusalem, and lived to an old age, even after the destruction of the Second Temple. He died approximately 60 years after the destruction of the temple.

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