Rabbi Simeon ben Jehozadak (רבי שמעון בן יהוצדק) was a rabbi who was one of the semi-tannaim on the border between the eras of tannaim and amoraim. Rabbi Shimon bar Yehotzadak (I)
He was a teacher of Rabbi Yochanan,Babylonian Talmud, Yoma 43b who quotes many laws in his name.Babylonian Talmud, Pesachim 95a; Sukkah 27a; Taanit 28b; Yevamot 79a; etc.
He was a kohen; when he died in Lod, his brother Yochanan visited from the Galilee.Semachot 4:11 R' Yochanan was present at Shimon's death.Jerusalem Talmud Nazir 7:1; Ecclesiastes Rabbah 7:2-5; also Yerushalmi Brachot 3:1 end, but the name given there is erroneously Shmuel rather than Shimon
Rabbi Shimon bar Yehotzadak (II) Once a Rabbi Shimon bar Yehotzadak and R' Hiyya bar Zarnuki went to declare a leap year in a place called Asya.Babylonian Talmud, Sanhedrin 26a This cannot be Shimon bar Yehotzadak (I), but must be a different individual.Aharon Heimann, Toldot Tannaim veAmoraim, 1910, 3:1178 References