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עשר
תעשר
Who is
this ר' מאיר בעל הנס ?
Contrary to popular belief, it is not the תנא ר' מאיר.
The (ספר זכרון יעקב (ליפשיץ (vol 2 p 30) writes,
"The צדקה פושקעס
were named after an איש חסיד וקדוש
who lived in ארץ הקדש a few
hundred years ago.
He was famous – and was called "ר' מאיר בעל הנס”.
According
to the ירושלמי (Kelaim 9:3), ר' מאיר the תנא
died in חוץ לארץ (Place
called Asia) and his body was
placed in the sea in חו"ל.
One of the
first sources that mention R. Meir’s burial place
in E.Y. is
in the Sefer גלילות ארץ ישראל. He writes that
R. Meir
(תנא) ended
up being buried in the city of טבריה.
The סדר
הדורות quotes
the same Sefer גלילות ארץ ישראל
who
writes, " R. Yitzchok from גוש
חלב and
ר' מאיר
בעל הנס are both buried in גוש חלב*. The
גלילות ארץ
ישראל continues that he doesn’t know
who the
two were.
(ר"י
מגוש חלב ור"מ
בעל הנס)
Two of the
most prominent and respected Frum historians
(R.
Yechiel Heilprin- סדר הדורות & R. Yaakov Lipschutz -
זכרון יעקב ) both believed, that ר'
מאיר בעל הנס
and the
Tanna R.Meir were two different people.
ר' מאיר התנא
Well known תנא
ר'
מאיר בעל הנס Unknown who he was
ר' מאיר התנא
Buried in טבריה
ר'
מאיר בעל הנס Buried in גוש חלב
ר' מאיר התנא
Died almost 2000 years ago
ר'
מאיר בעל הנס Died a few hundred years
ago
*43 Kilometers north of Tveryah
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