Spotlight on Talmudic Sages: Reish Lakish
Rabbi Shimon Ben Lakish, known as Reish Lakish, was a 3rd-century Amora who lived in the town of Sepphoris. He is primarily remembered for two things: his rather insalubrious youth, during which he worked as a thief and a gladiator, and h...
Posted on 31 January 2019, By Rina Wolfson