Tiberias - Tomb of the Three Amoraiyim

About a half mile west of the tomb of Maimonides and about 20 feet from a Renault/Nissan dealer (so the parking is very easy and convenient) is the tomb of three of the Amoraiyim whose comments are in the Palestinian Talmud.


The sign lists the three. The Palestinian Talmud is not considered as important as the Babylonian Talmud and similarly, the sages of the Palestinian Talmud are not generally considered as important.


However, Rav Yochanon (the last of them listed on the stone) is an exception to that rule. He is in both the Palestinian and the Babylonian Talmud (although he never visited Babylonia apparently the Babylonians thought very highly of him and quoted him). He also has interesting nickname. That name is "son of the blacksmith" (of bar Nafcha). There is an extensive wikipedia site devoted to him that uses this nickname.