Many of the Talmudic Sages were identified by the place from which they originated. One such example is the Tanna Rabbi Shimon Shazuri who lived and died in Shazur.

His tomb is located at the edge of what is today the Druze village of Sajur about three miles northeast of Carmiel. Tradition has it that his son Eliezer, about whom little is known, is buried next to him.

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