This Tanna has a Yom Tov (holiday) all his own that all Yidden keep. The question is (still) only why (exactly). 1. RaShBI (5766). The Tzaddik who insisted his histalkus (passing) be a great joy and merited to have his desire continued for nearly two millenium. Some details about this extraordinary Tanna based on a...

2. His Birth and “Cave experience” (5769). (Based on the sefer Nachalas Avos and the Gemara in Shabbos 33b). NOTE: There is a mistake in this class: Yehuda Ben Geirim didn’t actually go and inform the authorities. He simply shared it with his students and family members (Rashi). Word eventually reached the authorities. He is...