Yose HaKohen

Rabbi Yose Hacohen (Jose ha-cohen, Yosei the priest; Hebrew: רבי יוסי הכהן) was a second-generation Tanna who lived at the end of the first century CE,[1] a student of Rabban Yohanan ben Zakkai.

[7] Rabbi Yose also appears as a Biblical commentator, when he explained difficult verses before Rabban Gamaliel,[8] and as an ethical teacher of Musar when he was asked by his teacher, Rabban Yohanan ben Zakkai, "Which is the straight path that a person should cleave to?"

He is also mentioned as someone who comforted Rabban Yohanan ben Zakkai after the death of his son.

[10] There is a supposed grave of Rabbi Yose HaKohen in Alma, though it is also claimed that he was buried near Rabban Yohanan ben Zakkai in Tiberias.

Local residents mark the anniversary of his death (Yom Hillula) on 15th of Iyar.