Beit She'arim (Hebrew: בית שערים / Imperial Aramaic: בית שריי / Bet Sharei) or Besara (Greek: Βήσαρα) was a Roman-era Jewish village from the 1st century BCE until the 3rd century CE which, at one time, was the seat of the Sanhedrin. In the mid-2nd century, the village briefly became the seat of the rabbinic synod under Rabbi Judah ha-Nasi (compiler of the Mishnah), who was buried in the adjoining necropolis. It is today part of the Beit She'arim National Park.