Owing to Jose's fame as a saint, legend describes him as having met Elijah.Berakhot 3a; Sanhedrin 113b Jose, complying with the levirate law, married the wife of his brother who had died childless; they had five sons: Ishmael, Eleazar, Menahem, Halafta (who died in his lifetime), and Eudemus.Yerushalmi Yevamot 1 1
