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Rabbi Tarfon or
Tarphon (Hebrew: רבי טרפון, from the Gr**** Τρύφων
Tryphon literally "one who
lives in luxury" Trifon), a Kohen, was a
member of the third...
- ben
Arach Third Generation around Bar Kochba's revolt:
Rabbi Akiva,
Rabbi Tarfon,
Ishmael ben Elisha,
Eleazar ben Azariah, Jose the Galilean,
Nathan the...
- the
first line of the
Parlement of Foules). The first-century CE
rabbi Tarfon is
quoted as
saying "The day is short, the
labor vast, the
workers are lazy...
- one of the
generally permitted oils for
lamps on Shabbat,
although Rabbi Tarfon permits only
olive oil (Mishnah
Shabbat 2). In
Ancient Gr****, it was used...
- ben
Azariah Gamaliel of
Yavne Elisha ben
Abuyah Akiva Ishmael ben
Elisha Tarfon Shimon ben
Gamliel II Meir
Yehudah Yose ben
Halafta Shimon bar
Yochai Elazar...
-
Akiva was on
equal footing with
Gamaliel II, whom he
later met.
Rabbi Tarfon was
considered as one of Akiva's masters, but the
pupil outranked his teacher...
-
Rabbi Tarfon "It is not in****bent upon you to
complete the work, but
neither are you at
liberty to
desist from it" (2:21),
attributed to
Rabbi Tarfon "An...
-
modest and
addressed Tarfon as "my master". He was, nevertheless, a
thorough scholar even then, and his
arguments nonplused both
Tarfon and Akiva. His first...
- ben
Azariah Gamaliel of
Yavne Elisha ben
Abuyah Akiva Ishmael ben
Elisha Tarfon Shimon ben
Gamliel II Meir
Yehudah Yose ben
Halafta Shimon bar
Yochai Elazar...
-
Yehudah BeRabi Nechemiah,
studied before Rabbi Tarfon, but died at a
young age
after damaging R'
Tarfon's honor,
after R'
Akiva predicted his death. In...
