The memorial place of the G-dly Tana
Rabbi Yonatan ben Uziel
(His memory should protect us)

Rabbi Yonata ben Uziel The greatest (gadol) student of Rabbi Hillel HaZakein (the Elder)

Our Rabbis teach us: Hillel HaZakein had eighty students. Thirty of them deserved that Moshe Rabeinu Shachina (Moshe Rabeinu's Holy Spirit), and thirty of them deserved that the sun would stand still for them like for Yoshua ben Nun (the event that took place before the walls came down in Jericho), and twenty of the Beinunim students, the greatest of them - Yohanatan ben Uziel, the smallest of them - Rabbi Yohanan ben Zachai. They said about Yohanatan ben Uziel that when learning Torah any bird that flew over him would ignite (Rashi: all the heavenly angels would gather around him to hear his Torah, TosFot comments: happy things like those given in Sinai like the giving of Torah in fire).

Targum (translation) of prophets Yonatan ben Uzial they said from Hagi, Zecharia and Malachi and Eretz Yisroel was shocked 400 parsas (measurements) by 400 parsas, bat Kol (heavenly voice) came out and said who is the one revealing my secrets to mankind. Yonaton ben Uzial stood up on his feet and said "I am the one who revealed Your secrets to mankind knowingly in front of You not for my honor I did it and not for the honor of the house of my father but for Your honor I did it, for wouldn't be many machloket (disputes) in Israel". And also asked to reveal targum of Katuvim (writings of the Tanach / Bible) Bat Kol came out and said to him (Y ben U) "enough (mem tet ?) because its the time of end Moshiach"  

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