**Ezra** son of Serayah son of Azaryah and so on, son of Avishúa son of Pinchas son of Elazar son of Aharon [as explicitly stated in Ezra chapter 7], he was the head of the Men of the Great Assembly [for here began the 8 generations of the transmission period between the two Temples]. He received from Baruch son of Neriah who received from Yirmiyahu HaNavi in year 3370 [(Rambam in introduction to Zera'im) and from Sha'ar HaDorot see year 2924].

Ezra died in Yerushalayim [(in Ra'avad Ma'aseh HaShem)] in year 3370 some say year 3330 [(Yuchsin in Seder HaDorot also Sha'ar HaDorot there)]. And his matters are in chapters below. And there are those among the Alexandrian scholars who say Ezra was a liar since he was not a prophet, but only this was said with the intent to harm the tradition of Israel, because it is known that Ezra was worthy that the Torah be given through him.

And he was not among the prophets according to those who say that prophecy is only in Eretz Yisrael, but see Ma'aseh HaShem who says Ezra was the receiver of the tradition, therefore he is called "Sofer" (scribe), meaning one who counted all the letters of the Torah [(Sha'ar HaDorot chapter 2)]. And according to Sha'ar HaDorot, Ezra was a prophet [(Sha'ar HaDorot Parshat Metzora)].

**In the book** Masa'ot Binyamin (Travels of Benjamin), it is related close to the beginning of the kingdom of Persia and Media, that 15,000 Yehudim and Ezra the Scribe, when they left Yerushalayim after King Artachshasta, died on the way and were buried there. Before his grave is a large hall, and in Tzeda HaSheni it says there are many books there and from there emanated the books that were dispersed throughout the world, and there the Torah scroll of Ezra is found, and from it they read three times a year on the festivals.

And there they read for their dead and kindle lights for his soul every day and night. And Yisrael from Shinar and Persia and Media come there for pilgrimage. And there are large buildings and courtyards and gardens and orchting courtyards, and it is fifteen miles from there to the grave of Daniel who is honored among all the nations.