Shimon ben Pazi
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RabbiShimon ben Pazi,also known asRabbi Simon,was anamoraof the third generation. He was a student ofJohanan bar NappahaandJoshua ben Levi.He is commonly called "Rabbi Shimon ben Pazi" in theBabylonian Talmudand "Rabbi Shimon" in theJerusalem Talmudandmidrashim.He lived in the south of theLand of Israel[1]but also visitedTiberias,where he studied with Johanan bar Nappaha. He was the first to enumerate God'sThirteen Attributes of Mercy[2]and the first to use the technical theological phrasetiqqun soferim"scribal correction".
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- ^Yerushalmi Beitza 60c
- ^Midrash Tehillim93:6
- Yehuda David Eisenstein,Otzar Yisrael - Helek 7 - p.179