Jose the Galilean

Jose the Galilean (Hebrew: רַבִּי יוֹסֵי הַגְּלִילִי, Rabbi Yose HaGelili), d. 15 Av,[1] was a Jewish sage who lived in the 1st and 2nd centuries CE.

His first appearance at Yavne thus obtained for him general recognition, and the two rabbis considered him not as a pupil, but as a colleague.

Akiva was obliged to endure more than one sharp criticism from Jose, who once said to him: "Though you expound the whole day, I shall not listen to you".

[5] Tarfon expressed his high esteem of Jose by interpreting Daniel 8:4-7 as though it contained an allusion to him: "I saw the ram, that is, Akiva, and saw that no beast might stand before him; and I beheld the he-goat, that is, Jose the Galilean, come, and cast him down to the ground.

Jose frequently showed a tendency to revert to the older Halakha, explaining the text according to its literal meaning[11] Generally, though, his halakic exegesis differed little from that of Akiva, and both often employed the same rules of interpretation.

[12] He taught that poultry may be cooked in milk and eaten,[13] as was done in his own native town;[14] and that during Passover one may enjoy anything that is leavened, except as food.