Rabbi Yochanan ben Nuri (Hebrew: יוחנן בן נורי) was a tanna of the 1st and 2nd centuries.
He initially studied under the watch of Rabban Gamliel of Yavne and senior of Rabbi Akiva,[1] and later took up residence in Beit She'arim (Roman-era Jewish village).
When, after that patriarch's death, Rabbi Joshua proposed a change in a rule established by Rabban Gamliel, Rabbi Johanan opposed him: "I have observed that the head is always followed by the body; as long as Rabban Gamliel lived we observed the rule laid down by him, and now you propose to veto his directions.
[7] In his discussions of halakhot, Rabbi Johanan considered expediency and economy as well as law and authority.
[8] On another occasion, when Rabbi Akiva suggested that a married woman who has become the common talk of the "spinsters by the moon" ought to be divorced, Johanan remarked, "In that case there is no chance for a daughter of Judah to live with a husband!