Eleazar b. Simeon
<p><b >Eleazar b. Simeon</b> (or <b >Eleazar ben Simeon</b> or <b >R. Eleazar son of R. Simeon</b>; <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebrew_language" title="Hebrew language" >Hebrew</a>: <b>אלעזר ברבי שמעון</b>, lit. <i >Eleazar beRabbi[son of Rabbi] Shimon</i>, or <b >רבי אלעזר בן שמעון</b> , lit. <i >Rabbi Eleazar ben [son of] Shimon</i>) was a Jewish <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tannaim" title="Tannaim" >Tanna</a> sage of the fifth generation, contemporary of R. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judah_haNasi" title="Judah haNasi" class="mw-redirect" >Judah haNasi</a>. He is also the son of R. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shimon_bar_Yochai" title="Shimon bar Yochai" class="mw-redirect" >Shimon bar Yochai</a>. During his youth he was wanted by the Roman government, but later on worked on behalf of the Roman government as a security and public order commissioner. There are various legendary stories concerning his unusual physical size. Towards the end of his life he chose to be tormented by pain. The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tradition" title="Tradition" >traditional</a> stories concerning his death are shrouded in various legends.</p>
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