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Halafta was a rabbi who lived in Sepphoris in the Galilee during the late first and early second century CE. Zugot (תְּקוּפָת הַזּוּגוֹת ( (təqūphāth hazZūghôth) refers to the period during the time of the Second Temple (515 BCE - 70 CE in which word /š n/ and /t n/ --> Geonim ( Hebrew: גאונים also transliterated Gaonim) were the presidents of the two great rabbinical colleges of Sura Tzippori (ציפורי also known by the Greek Sepphoris, in Latin Dioceserea, and the Arabic Saffuriya (صفورية or Suffurriye "Galil" redirects here For the weapon see IMI Galil. Galilee (הגליל ha-Galil, lit the province, He was the father of Jose ben Halafta, and one of the latter's teachers of halakha. Rabbi Jose ben Halafta or Yose ben Halafta ( Hebrew: רבי יוסי בן חלפתא) was a Tanna of the fourth generation (2nd century CE Halakha ( הלכה; alternative transliterations include Halocho and Halacha) is the collective body of Jewish Religious law

One of Jose's sons was named Halafta after his grandfather, but he died at a young age.


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