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Rabbi Jose ben Halafta or Yose ben Halafta (Hebrew: רבי יוסי בן חלפתא) was a Tanna of the fourth generation (2nd 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 word /š n/ and /t n/ --> Jose was a student of Rabbi Akiba and was regarded as one of the foremost scholars of halakha and aggadah of his day. Akiva redirects here For other people and things with this name see Akiva (disambiguation. Halakha ( הלכה; alternative transliterations include Halocho and Halacha) is the collective body of Jewish Religious law Aggadah ( Aramaic אגדה tales lore pl Aggadot or (Ashkenazi Aggados) refers to the homiletic and non-legalistic exegetical He was a teacher and mentor to, among other notables, Judah ha-Nasi and thus is prominently mentioned in the Mishnah. The Mishnah or Mishna (he משנה "repetition" from the verb shanah he שנה or "to study and review" is a major work of Rabbinic Judaism

Contents 1 Biography 2 Halakha 3 Bible Chronology 4 References 5 Resources

Biography

Of Jose's life only the following details are known: He was born at Sepphoris; but his family was of Babylonian-Jewish origin. Tzippori (ציפורי also known by the Greek Sepphoris, in Latin Dioceserea, and the Arabic Saffuriya (صفورية or Suffurriye Iraqi Jews are Jews born in Iraq or of Iraqi heritage The history of the Jews in Iraq is documented from the time of the Babylonian captivity c ^[1] According to a genealogical chart found at Jerusalem, he was a descendant of Jonadab ben Rechab. Jerusalem (יְרוּשָׁלַיִם, he-Latn Yerushaláyim; Arabic: ar القُدس, ar-Latn al-Quds) is the Jehonadab (meaning Jehovah is willing was the son of Rechab. He appears in 2 Kings 1015-31 in the Books of Kings in the Hebrew Bible. ^[2] He was one of Akiba's five principal pupils, called "the restorers of the Law,"^[3] who were afterward ordained by Judah ben Baba. Akiva redirects here For other people and things with this name see Akiva (disambiguation. Rabbi Judah ben Baba was a Rabbi in the second century who ordained a number of Rabbis at a time when the Roman government forbade this ceremony ^[4] He was, besides, a pupil of Johanan ben Nuri, whose halakhot he transmitted^[5] and of Eutolemus. Halakha ( הלכה; alternative transliterations include Halocho and Halacha) is the collective body of Jewish Religious law ^[6] It is very likely that he studied much under his father, Halafta, whose authority he invokes in several instances. Halafta was a rabbi who lived in Sepphoris in the Galilee during the late first and early second century CE ^[7] But his principal teacher was Akiba, whose system he followed in his interpretation of the Law. ^[8] After having been ordained in violation of a Roman edict,^[9] Jose fled to Asia Minor,^[10] where he stayed till the edict was abrogated. Anatolia (Anadolu Ανατολία Anatolía) or Asia minor, comprising most of modern Turkey, is the geographic region bounded by the Black Later he settled at Usha, then the seat of the Sanhedrin. The Sanhedrin (סנהדרין συνέδριον ''synedrion'', "sitting together" hence " assembly " or "council" was an assembly As he remained silent when his fellow pupil Simeon bar Yohai once attacked the Roman government in his presence, he was forced by the Romans to return to Sepphoris,^[11] which he found in a decaying state. Shimon bar Yohai, ( Aramaic: רבן שמעון בר יוחאי Shimon son of Yohai, Simon son of Yohai or Rashbi (רשב"י pronounced ^[12] He established there a flourishing school; and it seems that he died there. ^[13] Jose's great learning attracted so many pupils that the words "that which is altogether just shalt thou follow"^[14] were interpreted to mean in part "follow Jose to Sepphoris". ^[15] He was highly extolled after his death. His pupil Judah ha-Nasi said: "The difference between Jose's generation and ours is like the difference between the Holy of Holies and the most profane. "^[16]

Halakha

His halakot are mentioned throughout the greater part of the Mishnah, as well as in the Baraita and Sifra. Halakha ( הלכה; alternative transliterations include Halocho and Halacha) is the collective body of Jewish Religious law His teaching was very systematic. He was opposed to controversy, declaring that the antagonism between the schools of Shammai and Hillel made it seem as if there were two Torahs. ^[17] For the most part, Jose adopted a compromise between two contending halakhists. ^[18] Like his master Akiba, Jose occupied himself with the dots which sometimes accompany the words in the Bible, occasionally basing his halakot on such dots. ^[19] He was generally liberal in his halakic decisions, especially in interpreting the laws concerning fasts^[20] and vows. ^[21] In those cases where there was a difference of opinion between Jose and his contemporaries, it was Jose's decision that was adopted as the norm for the practise. ^[22]

Bible Chronology

Jose was also a prominent haggadist; and the conversation which he had with a Roman matron, resulting in her conviction of the superiority of the Jewish religion,^[23] shows his great skill in interpreting Biblical verses. Etymology According to the Online Etymology Dictionary, the word bible is from Latin biblia, traced from the same word through Medieval Latin and Late Latin Jose is considered to be the author of the Seder Olam Rabba, a chronicle from the Creation to the time of Hadrian, for which reason it is called also known as "Baraita di Rabbi Jose ben Halafta. Seder Olam Rabbah ( Hebrew: סדר עולם רבה) is the earliest post-exilic chronicle preserved in the Hebrew language. Publius Aelius Hadrianus (January 24 76 &ndash July 10 138 as emperor Imperator Caesar Divi Traiani filius Traianus Hadrianus Augustus, and Divus Hadrianus after Baraita ( Aramaic ברייתא "external" "outside" pl "^[24] This work, though incomplete and too concise, shows Jose's system of arranging material in chronological order.

Jose is known for his ethical dicta, which are characteristic, and in which he laid special stress on the study of the Torah. ^[25] He exemplified Abtalion's dictum, "Love the handicrafts";^[26] for he was a tanner by trade,^[27] and followed a craft then commonly held in contempt. Abht'alyon, also Avtalyon, Avtalion and Abtalion (אבטליון was a Rabbinic sage in the early pre- Mishnaic era who lived at the Tanning is the process of converting Putrescible skin into non-putrescible Leather, usually with Tannin, an Acidic Chemical compound ^[28] A series of Jose's ethical sayings in Shabbot (118b) shows his tendency toward Essenism. The Essenes were strictly speaking a Jewish religious group that flourished from the 2nd century BC to the 1st century AD As has been said above, Jose was opposed to disputation. When his companion Judah desired to exclude Meïr's disciples from his school, Jose dissuaded him. ^[29] One of his characteristic sayings is, "He who indicates the coming of the Messiah, he who hates scholars and their disciples, and the false prophet and the slanderer, will have no part in the future world. In Religion, the term false prophet is a label given to a person who is viewed as illegitimately claiming Charismatic authority within a Religious group "^[30] According to Bacher^[31] this was directed against the Hebrew Christians. A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, a monotheistic Religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth

Owing to Jose's fame as a saint, legend describes him as having met Elijah. Elijah or Elias ( was a Prophet in Israel in the 9th century BC ^[32] Jose, complying with the Law, married the wife of his brother who had died childless; she bore him five sons: Ishmael, Eleazar, Menahem, Halafta (who died in his lifetime), and Eudemus. Levirate marriage is a type of marriage in which a woman marries one of her husband's brothers after her husband's death if there were no children in order to continue the Ishmael ben Jose was a Tanna of the beginning of the 3rd century son of Jose ben Halafta. ^[33]

Rabbis of the Mishnah v • d • e

Hillel   Shammai           Teacher → Student                                                                             Gamaliel the Elder               Johanan b. Zakai                 Father → Son                                                                                 R. Gamaliel   Jose the Galilean   Eliezer b. Hyrcanus   Joshua b. Hananiah   Eleazar b. Arach   Eleazar b. Azariah                                                                         Elisha b. Abuyah       Akiva   Ishmael b. Elisha   Tarfon                                                                                                 Meir   Judah b. Ilai   Jose b. word /š n/ and /t n/ --> The Mishnah or Mishna (he משנה "repetition" from the verb shanah he שנה or "to study and review" is a major work of Rabbinic Judaism Hillel (הלל (born Babylon traditionally c110BCE-10CE in Jerusalem) was a famous Jewish religious leader one of the most important figures in Jewish Shammai (50 BCE&ndash30 CE Hebrew: שמאי was a Jewish scholar of the 1st century and an important figure in Judaism 's core work of Rabbinic literature This article is about Gamaliel the Elder For other individuals and uses see Gamaliel (disambiguation Gamaliel the Elder (gəmā'lēəl or Yochanan ben Zakai (יוחנן בן זכאי c 30 BCE - 90 CE) was one of the Tannaim, an important Jewish sage in the era of the Second Temple Rabban Gamaliel II (also spelled Gamliel רבן גמליאל דיבנה was the first person to lead the Sanhedrin as Nasi after the fall of the second temple which Jose the Galilean ( Hebrew: יוסי הגלילי Yose ha-Gelili) was a Jew who lived in the first and second centuries of the common Eliezer ben Hurcanus (אליעזר בן הורקנוס was one of the most prominent Tannaim of the 1st and 2nd centuries disciple of R Joshua ben Hananiah ( Hebrew: יהושע בן חנניה d131CE was a leading tanna of the first half-century following the destruction of the Temple Eleazar ben Arach was one of the Tannaim of the second generation ( first century CE) Rabbi Eleazar ben Azariah ( Hebrew: רבי אלעזר בן עזריה) was a Mishnaic scholar of the second generation (1st century C Elisha ben Abuyah (אלישע בן אבויה (spelled variously including Elisha ben Avuya) was a Rabbi and Jewish religious authority born in Jerusalem Akiva redirects here For other people and things with this name see Akiva (disambiguation. Ishmael ben Elisha (90-135 CE commonly known as Rabbi Ishmael, Hebrew: רבי ישמעאל) was a Tanna of the first and second Rabbi Tarfon or Tarphon, ( Hebrew: רבי טרפון, from the Greek Tryphon) a member of the third generation of the Mishnah Rabbi Meir or Reb Meir Baal Haneis (or Hanes (lit Rabbi Meir Master of the Miracle) was a Jewish sage who lived in the time of the Mishna. Rabbi Judah ben Ilai, also known as Rabbi Judah, was a Tanna (a sage recorded in the Mishna) who lived in the 2nd Century. Halafta   Shimon b. Yohai                                                                                             Judah HaNasi   Hiyya   Oshiah

References

Resources

Schechter, Solomon and M. Seligsohn. "Jose ben Ḥalafta. " Jewish Encyclopedia. The Jewish Encyclopedia was an Encyclopedia originally published between 1901 and 1906 by Funk and Wagnalls. Funk and Wagnalls, 1901-1906; which cites:

• Bacher, Ag. Tan. ii. 150-190;

• idem, Ag. Pal. Amor. ii. 158 et passim;

• Brüll, Mebo ha-Mishnah, pp. 156-160, 178-185, Frankfort-on-the-Main, 1876;
• Frankel, Darke ha-Mishnah, pp. 164-168;

• idem, in Monatsschrift, iv. 206-209;

• Joël, ib. vi. 81-91;
• Weiss, Dor, ii. 161-164.

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