Holy Rebellion

To the limit with Rabbi Berdichevski

A guest post by regular contributor, essayist, historian and Rabbi Eli Kavon

[Image: Elisha ben Abuyah. Art by Sefira Lightstone]

The Talmudic tractate Chagigah tells the tale of Rabbi Meir and his teacher Elisha ben Avuyah. Despite his teacher’s abandonment of Judaism and Elisha’s descent into heresy, Rabbi Meir would not abandon his mentor. Elisha was b…