Yehudah b. Tabbai

Talmudic Figures

The third of the pairs, Yehudah b. Tabbai and Shimon b. Shetach served during the tumultuous reign of Alexander Yannai. Though Yannai's brother-in-law, Shimon had to hide at the height of Yannai's persecution of the Pharisees; while Yehudah fled to Egypt. Nevertheless, Shimon wrested control of the Sanhedrin away from the Sadducees.

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We have stated: Jehudah ben Ṭabbai was Patriarch, and Simeon ben Shetaḥ President of the Court; there are Tannaim who switch. What happened in Alexandria supports him who said, Jehudah ben Tabbai was Patriarch. [The people of Jerusalem] wanted to appoint him Patriarch in Jerusalem. The people from Jerusalem did write: From the great Jerusalem to the small Alexandria: How long still will my betrothed live in your midst and I am sitting sorrowful about him? He took leave and started on a ship. He said, I remember the lady of the house who received us…

Jerusalem Talmud Chagigah 2:2:5

Judah b. Tabbai and Simeon b. Shetach were the third of the “pairs” in the series of dual leadership. It is not clear which one of them was Nasi of the Sanhedrin and which one was head of the court. The name of Judah b. Tabbai is listed first whenever they are mentioned together which may lead to the conclusion that he was the Nasi. However, there exists an opinion that Simeon b. Shetach was Nasi and Judah b. Tabbai was head of the Court. They both lived in an unsettled period. The Sadducees were strongly entrenched in the government of Judea and the struggle with them was difficult and…

The Jewish Spiritual Heroes, Volume I; The Creators of the Mishna, Judah ben Tabbai and Simeon ben Shetach

§ Apropos the dispute between the Sadducees and the Sages, it is taught in a baraita: Rabbi Yehuda ben Tabbai says in the form of an oath: I will not see the future consolation of the Jewish people if I did not as a member of the court kill a single conspiring witness, in order to eradicate this reasoning from the hearts of the Sadducees, who would say: The conspiring witnesses are executed only if they are rendered conspiring witnesses after the accused will be killed…

Makkot 5b:17-19

“At a distance of four cubits from the place of stoning,” etc. “Rebbi Jehudah ben Ṭabbai said, may I never see consolation if I did not execute a perjured witness, for they were saying, until he was executed, as it is said, a life for a life. Simeon ben Shetaḥ told him, may I never see consolation if it is not held against you that you spilled innocent blood. At that time, he took it upon himself not to teach except what he heard from Simeon ben Sheṭaḥ.”

Jerusalem Talmud Sanhedrin 6:3:4

Sobre Yehudá ben Tabai Um dos membros do terceiro par de transmissores, pouco se sabe sobre os detalhes de sua vida. Ele atuou na primeira metade do século I a.E.C., junto com Shimon ben Shatach (mencionado na próxima Mishná), mas existem tradições variadas sobre quem deles foi o Nassi do Sanhedrin e quem serviu como Av Beit Din. Conta-se que, quando quiseram nomeá-lo como Nassi, ele fugiu para Alexandria no Egito, retornando apenas após apelos dos habitantes de Yerushalayim (Yerushalmi, Chagigá 2:2)…

A New Israeli Commentary on Pirkei Avot 1:8:7-8

Sobre Shimon ben Shetach: Um dos membros do terceiro par, que atuou na primeira metade do século I antes da Era Comum junto com Yehudah ben Tabbai (mencionado na Mishná anterior). Existem tradições variadas sobre quem dos dois foi o Nasi (Presidente) do Sanhedrin e quem serviu como Av Beit Din (Chefe do Tribunal). Sobre Shimon ben Shetach, é dito que ele negociava com linho (Yerushalmi, Bava Metzia 2, 4), e várias reformas importantes são atribuídas a ele na literatura dos Chazal: a instituição de que crianças pequenas deveriam frequentar a escola (Yerushalmi, Ketubot 8…

A New Israeli Commentary on Pirkei Avot 1:9:6-13

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Zugot - Third Generation

c.100 – c.60 BCE

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