Abba Binyamin
Careful to pray the morning prayers upon waking: Berachot 5b
Careful to orient bed North/South: Berachot 5b
Set of statements: Berachot 5b-6a
Abba Chilkiyahu
Known as one who acted with perfect justice: Makkot 24a
Abba Shaul
The Dough-Preparer of Rebbe's household: Pesachim 34a
Akavyah ben Mahallel
According to R' Yehudah, no one [who was in the Outer Room of the Temple at his time for the Pesach Offering] was more wise or fearful of sin than Akavyah Ben Mahallel: Berachot 19a; Pesachim 64b
Whether he was ex-communicated: Berachot 19a; Pesachim 64b
Avtalyon
Vs. a non-righteous Head Kohen: Yoma 71b
Involved in a Sotah case: Berachot 19a
Mocked posthumously for his status as a convert: Berachot 19a
Avtulmus
Testifying on the practical legal rulings of the Sages: Eruvin 35a; Rosh HaShanah 15a; Succah 40a
Batnit, the son of Abba Shaul ben Batnit
How Batnit helped R' Shimon bar Rebbe to rescind a vow: Nedarim 22b-23a
[Shimon] ben Azzai Abayye saying that he felt so confident in answering questions once, he was like ben Azzai in the markets of Tiveria: Kiddushin 20a Rava telling his students, on a day when he felt good, "Today I can answer questions like ben Azzai did in the markets of Tiveria!": Eruvin 29a
Whether or not ben Azzai ever married: Sotah 4b
Nachum Ish Gam Zu whispered a leniency to R' Akiva, who whispered it to Ben Azzai, for fear that if it spread it might lead to improper practices. It's not clear whether Ben Azzai preserved secrecy, or not: Berachot 22a
Ben Azzai reporting a halachah taught on the day R' Elazar ben Azaryah ascended to lead the Study Hall: Zevachim 11b
ben Bag Bag
First name was "Yochanan": Kiddushin 10b
R' Yehudah ben Betaira sent a message to ben Bag Bag, beginning, "I know that you are expert in all of the rooms of the Torah, to analyze via the "Kal VaChomer" method: Kiddushin 10b
R' Yochanan declared regarding a scriptural analysis of Ben Bag Bag, "If anyone can explain the verse to me as Ben Bag Bag read it, I will carry his garments after him to the bathhouse!": Eruvin 27b
ben Buchri
Testifying as to how a practice was practiced in Yavneh: Menachot 46b
Bnei Beteirah [the sons of Beteirah]
Rabbi Yehudah haNasi answering a question in place of the Bnei Beteirah: Zevachim 12a
Berebi
His father questioned a statement of his, to which he responded, "You taught us, our master, that...": Makkot 5b
Chana
Ayvo, Chana, Shila, Marta and R' Chiyya were all sons of Abba bar Acha Karsela from Kafri: Sanhedrin 5a-b
Chanina ben Chizkiyah
Rav said that Chanina ben Chizkiyah should be remembered for good, because he entered an attic with 300 bottles of oil, and resolved all of the difficulties between the text of Yechezkel and the rest of the Torah, to prevent its being sealed away: Menachot 45a
Choni haMe'agel
Shimon ben Shetach's threat of ex-communication for his apparently arrogant method of prayer: Berachot 19a
Chutzpit HaMeturgeman
Elisha ben Avuyah witnessed the tongue of Chutzpit HaMeturgeman cut out and left in the dirt, and this drove him to question Divine Reward: Kiddushin 39b
Elisha ben Avuyah [aka "Acher"]
Witnessed the tongue of Chutzpit HaMeturgeman cut out and left in the dirt, and this drove him to question Divine Reward: Kiddushin 39b
Witnessed a child die, after the child had obeyed his parents and sent away a mother bird before taking its young, leading him to question Divine Reward: Kiddushin 39b
His grandson was R' Yaakov: Kiddushin 39b
Hillel ben Rabban Gamliel
Bathing with his brother, despte local custom: Pesachim 51a
Walking in loose, floppy shoes [which could slip off and accidentally be carried] on Shabbat, against local custom: Pesachim 51a
Ilfa
His notepad: Menachot 70a
Rav Dimi reporting a question of Ilfa's when he arrived from Israel, and then Ravin arriving from Israel and reporting Ilfa's subsequent response to his own question: Zevachim 20a
Isi ben Akavyah
A.K.A. Yosef Ish Hutzal, Yosef HaBavli, Isi Ben Gur Aryeh, Isi Ben Yehudah, Isi Ben Gamliel, Isi Ben Mahallel: Pesachim 113b
Marta
Ayvo, Chana, Shila, Marta and R' Chiyya were all sons of Abba bar Acha Karsela from Kafri: Sanhedrin 5a-b
Nachum Ish Gam Zu
Nachum Ish Gam Zu whispered a leniency to R' Akiva, who whispered it to Ben Azzai, for fear that if it spread it might lead to improper practices: Berachot 22a
Nechemiah/Shimon Ha'Amsuni
Explaining the Meanings of the word "Et [And]" in the Torah, then retracting all of it when he couldn't explain one: Pesachim 22b
Rabbis of Yavneh
They said that the main factor in a person's service of Gd should be his purity of intention: Berachot 17a
R' Chalafta
Used a ram's horn and trumpets in Tzippori on Rosh HaShanah, but the Sages objected, stating that this was strictly a Temple practice: Rosh HaShanah 27a
R' Chananiah Ben Akaviah
Rav cited a lesson of his as an example of what one would miss, if he missed time in the Study Hall: Shabbat 83b
R' Yehudah taught Torah while in mourning for his son via a third party [R' Chananyah ben Akavya] who transmitted to his assistant, because he was needed: Moed Katan 21a
Three leniencies which R' Chananiah ben Akavya permitted for the people of Tiveriah: Eruvin 87b-88a
R' Chanina Ben Teradyon
His daughter was Beruriah, R' Meir's wife: Pesachim 62b
Used a ram's horn and trumpets in Sichni on Rosh HaShanah, but the Sages objected, stating that this was strictly a Temple practice: Rosh HaShanah 27a
R' Dosa ben Harkinas
R' Akiva and R' Dosa ben Harkinas comforting R' Yehoshua, when Rabban Gamliel forced him to forgo his own ruling for Rabban Gamliel's: Rosh HaShanah 25a, 25b
R' Elazar [ben Shamua, per Rashi Eruvin 38b]
Cursed R' Yosi Ben Durmaskit's eyes to fall out, for saying a Law spoken to Moshe at Sinai over as a modern institution, then prayed for him to be healed: Chagigah 3b
The law is like him in most cases of Bills of Divorce: Gittin 4a
R' Elazar refused honors from the leadership of Jewry, saying that the honorers were trying to kill him by offering gifts/honors, which shorten lifespan: Megillah 28a
R' Elazar ben R' Shimon
R' Shimon bar Yochai said that on his own he could exempt the world from judgment during his lifetime, with his son R' Elazar he could exempt from Creation until then, and with Yotam ben Uziyahu from Creation until the end: Succah 45b
Rav Shimon bar Yochai on the number of righteous people who are closest to Gd, and the inclusion of himself and his son, R' Elazar, among them: Succah 45b
His care in making sure he would respond if he heard someone insult a young Torah scholar: Makkot 24a
R' Elazar haKappar
Known as "BeRebi," implying that he was the leader: Nedarim 10a
R' Eliezer Ben Yaakov
R' Eliezer ben Yaakov's teachings are "Kav veNaki" - rare but refined - and the law will follow them: Eruvin 62b
Set of quotations, cited by R' Yosi B"R Chanina, on Prayer: Berachot 10b
R' Eliezer haModai
Rabban Gamliel rejecting a series of responses by the Sages, finally saying, "We still require [the answer of] the Modai [R' Eliezer HaModai]: Megillah 15b
R' Nechemyah
R' Nechemyah was also called "R' Nehorai," because he enlightened the eyes of the Sages in Law: Shabbat 147b; Eruvin 13b
R' Nechemyah was also named "R' Meir," because of the light he provided: Eruvin 13b
R' Nechunyah ben HaKanah
Explaining to his students how he merited long life: Megillah 28a
R' Nechunyah HaGadol
R' Akiva asked R' Nechunyah HaGadol how he merited a long life. When R' Nechunyah's aides chased him away, he proved his knowledge to demonstrate his sincerity: Megillah 28a
R' Papyas
Testifying with R' Yehoshua regarding a law: Temurah 18a
How he dealt with an offering which bore a child before he could offer it: Temurah 18a, 18b
R' Pereida
His explanation for why he merited long life: Megillah 27b-28a
R' Pereida had a student who needed to have a lesson repeated 400 times in order for him to learn it properly. Once, the student still didn't understand, and the student explained it was because he had heard someone telling R' Pereida he would have to get R' Pereida for a Mitzvah later, so that the student had his mind on R' Pereida having to leave. R' Pereida then sat and taught him the lesson 400 more times. A Divine Voice emerged and offered R' Pereida 400 years of extra life, or merit for the next world for his generation. R' Pereida took the latter, and so Gd gave him both: Eruvin 54b
R' Pinchas ben Arova
Reporting on the autopsy of Titus: Gittin 56b
R' Pinchas Ben Yair
The extraordinary nature of his donkey: Shabbat 112b
R' Reuven ben Itztirubili
Set of statements cited by Rav: Moed Katan 18b
R' Shimon Ben Chalafta
Explaining to Rebbe that he didn't come for the Holiday because "The boulders have become heights, the near places have become distant, the 2 [legs] have become 3 [a cane], and I have become impotent": Shabbat 152a
R' Shimon ben Elazar
R' Shimon ben Elazar reporting a practice of R' Meir: Eruvin 29a
R' Shimon ben Pazi
How he opened his class teaching The Book of Chronicles: Megillah 13a
R' Shimon Ben R' Yosi Ben Lakunya
Gave R' Yochanan ben Elazar Wild Cabbage grown in the Sabbatical Year to eat, based on the custom of R' Shimon Bar Yochai, but only allowed him to eat them before him: Pesachim 51a-b
R' Shimon HaNasi
Whether he was truly the Leader, as the title "Nasi" implies: Gittin 15a
R' Yaakov
R' Yaakov saw a child die, after the child had obeyed his parents and sent away a mother bird before taking its young, leading him to conclude that the promised "long life" was not for this world: Kiddushin 39b
Was the grandson of Elisha ben Avuyah: Kiddushin 39b
R' Yaakov bar Acha
Wanted to bare his shoulder when Rebbe was going to do so after Rebbe's father died, so Rebbe didn't do it; alternatively, the roles were reversed: Moed Katan 22b
R' Yaakov Ish Kefar Chitaya
Used to visit his Rebbe daily, and was miserable when he became too old to do so: Chagigah 5b
R' Yehudah Ben Bava
Is listed sometimes as "Chasid Echad [One pious person]": Temurah 15b; Rashi Shabbat 127b
His testimony about the law in certain cases: Niddah 8a
A pious person raised a goat in Israel because his doctor said he needed the goat's milk; this was his only sin. This person was either R' Yehudah ben Bava or R' Yehuda ben R' Ilai: Temurah 15b-16a
R' Yehudah ben Gadish
R' Yehudah ben Gadish testifying before R' Eliezer regarding what his parents purchased with their Secondary Tithe, and R' Eliezer questioning his memory: Eruvin 27a
R' Yehudah Ben Nechemiah
Was joyful at successfully answering R' Tarfon's question, and he died within weeks, as R' Akiva predicted: Menachot 68b
R' Yehudah ben Roetz
His students asked him a question, which he answered; after they left, he pursued them to give them a different answer: Sanhedrin 4a
R' Yehudah ben Tabbai
Exclaimed, "Ereh beNechamah," "If this is true, may I see the consolation of the Jewish people!": Makkot 5b
R' Yehudah ben Tabbai had an Ed Zomem killed to show the Tziddukim they were wrong regarding a law, but made a mistake himself, which Shimon ben Shetach pointed out. From then on, he refused to rule in law other than before Shimon ben Shetach, and he spent his life crying at the grave of his victim for forgiveness: Makkot 5b
R' Yishmael ben Elisha
Note: Tosafot indicates that there were multiple famous people of the name "R' Yishmael Ben Elisha." I am placing all anecdotes under one listing, due to the difficulty of resolving all of the potential problems.
Did Chalitzah-Rite with a shoe of "Mok" material, Alone, At Night: Yevamot 104a
Giving a "Blessing to Gd" in the Holy of Holies: Berachot 7a
Care in avoiding anything resembling a bribe: Makkot 24a
R' Yitzchak ben Acha
This is the "R' Yitzchak" referred to in legal references: Pesachim 114a
What he taught the sages when he arrived: Eruvin 27a, 36b
R' Yitzchak ben Pinchas
This is the "R' Yitzchak" referred to in discussions not related to law: Pesachim 114a
R' Yitzchak ben Tavla
Also known as R' Yitzchak Ben Chakla, R' Yitzchak Ben Ilaa: Pesachim 113b
R' Yochanan ben Beteirah
The Students of Shammai and of Hillel meeting in the attic of R' Yochanan ben Beteirah: Menachot 41b
R' Yochanan ben HaChoranit
Hosting House of Hillel and House of Shammai in his Succot-Hut: Berachot 11a; Eruvin 13b
R' Yochanan ben Matya
What happened when he assigned his son to hire laborers, and the son promised to provide them with meals: Bava Metzia 49a, 83a
R' Yochanan ben Nuri Special Dispensation allowed a raped woman to marry a Kohen, despite unknown lineage of the Rapist: Ketuvot 14b
R' Yehoshua was expert in the laws of grafted produce; nonetheless, he went to R' Yochanan ben Nuri to ask him a question regarding those laws: Eruvin 11b
After Rabban Gamliel died, R' Yehoshua tried to change a certain legal practice. R' Yochanan ben Nuri arose and said, "It appears to me that the body should follow the head [those who came first]! We always followed Rabban Gamliel in his days, now you want to annul his words? Yehoshuam we will not listen to you, for the law is established like Rabban Gamliel!" No one argued against him.: Eruvin 41a
R' Yosi ben Chalafta
Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel terming R' Yosi ben Chalafta "BeRebi" - leader of the generation: Succah 26a
R' Yosi Ben Durmaskis
He was cursed by R' Elazar to have his eyes fall out for telling over a Law spoken to Moshe at Sinai as a modern institution, and then healed by R' Elazar: Chagigah 3b
R' Yosi ben Kippar
R' Achi bar Yoshiyah asked R' Dostai bar R' Yannai and R' Yosi ben Kippar to bring a charge back to him from its guardians; the guardians demanded absolution from responsiblity over the object while it was en route, and R' Yosi refused to grant it; they beat him, with R' Dostai's approval. R' Dostai explained that he gave in because the guardians were 1 cubit tall, with 1 cubit hats, deep voices, strange names and the power to imprison or kill them: Gittin 14a-b
R' Yosi ben Pereida
R' Eliezer visited R' Yosi ben Pereida, his student, and instructed him to change the construction of an alley in which they wanted to transport items. When R' Yosi ben Pereida protested, "Need it be sealed?" he responded "So what if it's sealed?": Eruvin 11b-12a
R' Yosi beRabbi Yehudah
Deciding between the view of R' Yosi BeRabbi Yehudah and the sages: Eruvin 16b
R' Yosi ben Ulam of Tzippori
His brief tenure as a replacement for the Head Kohen: Megillah 9b
R' Yosi HaKohen
Beluria the Convert asked him to balance Gd's Impartiality with the Promise of Reward for Mitzvot; R' Yosi HaKohen answered her, instead: Rosh HaShanah 17b
R' Zakkai
His explanation for why he merited long life: Megillah 27b
His mother's self-sacrifice for his fulfillment of Mitzvot: Megillah 27b
The wealth which his mother left for him, and the wealth which he left for his children: Megillah 27b
R' Zecharyah Ben Avkulus
His role in the destruction of the second Temple: Gittin 55b-56a
R' Zecharyah Ben HaKatzav
Exclaiming "HaMaon HaZeh! [By the Temple!]": Ketuvot 27b
Testifying that his wife was not raped during their capture: Ketuvot 27b
Keeping her nearby after his testimony was not accepted: Ketuvot 27b
Shila
Ayvo, Chana, Shila, Marta and R' Chiyya were all sons of Abba bar Acha Karsela from Kafri: Sanhedrin 5a-b
Shimon achi Azaryah
The arrangement between Shimon and his brother Azaryah, that Azaryah would work to support his brother Shimon, in exchange for reward from Shimon's Torah study: Rashi Zevachim 2a "Shimon Achi Azaryah"
Shimon ben Shetach
R' Yehudah ben Tabbai had an Ed Zomem killed to show the Tziddukim they were wrong regarding a law, but made a mistake himself, which Shimon ben Shetach pointed out. From then on, he refused to rule in law other than before Shimon ben Shetach, and he spent his life crying at the grave of his victim for forgiveness: Makkot 5b
On ex-communicating Choni haMe'agel: Berachot 19a
On ex-communicating Todos Ish Romi: Berachot 19a
Shimon HaTzaddik
And Alexander Mokdon: Yoma 69a
And a righteous Nazirite: Nedarim 9b
Sumchus
Sumchus was a student of R' Meir, and for every case in which the answer was "Pure" he could provide 48 reasons for that decision, and for every case in which the answer was "Impure" he could provide 48 reasons for that decision: Eruvin 13b
Todos Ish Romi / Thaddeus of Rome
Instructed his community to eat roasted meat on Pesach night: Berachot 19a; Pesachim 53a
Whether he was a "Gavra Rabbah [Great Man]" or simply threateningly powerful: Pesachim 53b
Shimon ben Shetach's threat of ex-communication: Berachot 19a
Yehudah ben Rabban Gamliel
Bathing with his brother, despte local custom: Pesachim 51a
Walking in loose, floppy shoes [which could slip off and accidentally be carried] on Shabbat, against local custom: Pesachim 51a
Yehudah ben Shamua
One may not fast on the 28th of Adar, because on that date Yehudah ben Shamua and his peers succeeding in preventing a decree which would have prohibited teaching Torah, circumcising, and keeping Shabbat: Rosh HaShanah 19a
He was a student of R' Meir: Rosh HaShanah 19a
Yochanan ben R' Ilai
R' Eli'ezer staying in the Succah of Yochanan BeR' Ilai on the holiday; when asked whether to cover part of the Succah for shade, R' Eliezer refused to answer directly, for fear of saying something which he hadn't heard from his Rebbe: Succah 27b
Yosef Ben Simai
Was close to the king, and so the king's servants came to put out his fire on Shabbat, and he refused to let them, and a miracle was done for him to extinguish it with rain: Shabbat 121a
Yosef ben Yochanan [of Jerusalem]
He was one of the last "Eshkol" people - a Person with Everything: Torah, Awe of Heaven and Generosity: Temurah 15b
Yosef HaKohen
Married his sister-in-law immediately after his wife died so that his kids would be taken care of, but didn't touch her for 30 days: Moed Katan 23a
Yosef haKohen left Israel and went to Tziddon in order to learn Torah from his teacher, even though that meant he would gain rabbinically-defined impurity: Eruvin 47a-b
Yosi (also Yosef) ben Yoezer [of Tzeraidah]
His testimony as to certain laws: Pesachim 16a; Nedarim 19a
He was one of the last "Eshkol" people - a Person with Everything: Torah, Awe of Heaven and Generosity: Temurah 15b
His role in the first debates regarding Torah law: Temurah 15b-16a
