Ima Shalom (1st century CE) is one of the few women who are named and quoted in the

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. She was the wife of

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, a prominent

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sage, and the sister of Rabban Gamaliel II of Yavneh, the first person to lead the

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after the fall of the

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, which occurred in 70 CE. Some scholars believe that, like Bruriah, Ima Shalom was the composite of several people. Ima Shalom is mentioned by name in four traditions. Three of them appear in the

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''bShabbat'' 116a''bNedarim'' 20a-b''bBaba Mezia'' 59b
.

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