Rabbi Meir
2nd century Jewish rabbi / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Rabbi Meir (Hebrew: רַבִּי מֵאִיר) was a Jewish sage who lived in the time of the Mishnah. He was one of the Tannaim of the fourth generation (139-163). He is the third most frequently mentioned sage in the Mishnah[citation needed] and is mentioned over 3,000 times in the Babylonian Talmud.[1] His wife Bruriah is one of the few women cited in the Gemara.[citation needed]