Rabbi Ilai I

Rabbi Ilai (Hebrew: רבי אלעאי‎; sometimes referred to as Ilai the Elder; others: Rabbi Ilai I, or Alternative Hebrew spelling: רבי עילאי ) was a third Generation, and 2nd-century Jewish Tanna sage, father of the well-known Tanna sage, Judah ben Ilai, and disciple of Eliezer ben Hurcanus and Gamaliel II.

Rabbi Ilai is cited once in the Mishnah, and six times in the Tosefta.

He is best known for coining the well-known phrase: "R. Ilai said: By three things one may determine a man's character: By his cup, his capital and his choler;" (Talmud, Eiruvin, 65b)

References

Rabbi Ilai II

Rabbi Ilai (Hebrew: רבי אלעאי‎, or אלעא - La/ la'i, or אילא - I'la; others: Rabbi Ilai II, or Alternative Hebrew spelling: רבי עילאי ) was a Jewish Amora sage of the Land of Israel, of the third generation of the Amora sages era, living at the end of the 3rd century and the beginning of the 4th. He was a disciple of R. Yochanan bar Nafcha and R. Shimon ben Lakish. Among his disciples, one can find the leading figures of the Amora fourth generation, such as Rav Jonah, Rav Zera, Ravin and more.

References