רבי מיאשא

Rabbi Meyasha was a sage of the tannaitic period. In the sources where he appears he is identified as the grandson of Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi, and his teachings touch on both halachah and matters of practice.

In Berachot he brings a ruling on the proper handling of the straps of tefillin — that one rolls them like a scroll and holds them in his right hand against his heart. In Ketubot a story is recorded around him: a man deposited seven pearls wrapped in a sheet in the house of Rabbi Meyasha, and when Rabbi Meyasha passed away without leaving instructions about them, the matter came before Rabbi Ami, who noted both that Rabbi Meyasha was not a wealthy man and that signs had been given to identify the deposit. Through these passages he is remembered as a figure cited in the give-and-take of the Gemara.