"Eleazar of Modi'im (Hebrew: \u05D0\u05DC\u05E2\u05D6\u05E8 \u05D4\u05DE\u05D5\u05D3\u05E2\u05D9) was a Jewish scholar of the second tannaitic generation (1st and 2nd centuries), disciple of Johanan ben Zakkai (B. B. 10b), and contemporary of Joshua ben Hananiah and Eliezer ben Hyrcanus (Mek., Beshallah, Wayassa', 3 et seq.). He was an expert haggadist, and frequently discussed exegetical topics with his distinguished contemporaries."@en .