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Benjamin B. Japhet

The 1901 Jewish Encyclopedia

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A Palestinian scholar of the third amoraic generation (third century), disciple of R. Johanan and senior to R. Zeïra I. (Ber. 33a, 38b; Ket. 77a). He cultivated both the Halakah and the Haggadah; in his halakic deliverances, however, he was not considered very reliable. Thus when, on one occasion, Ḥiyya b. Abba and he differed on a traditional decision by their master, R. Zeïra remarked, "What does R. Benjamin b. Japhet amount to compared with R. Ḥiyya b. Abba?" (Ber. 38b; Yer. Ber. 6:10a; Yer. Pes. 2:29c). Nevertheless, this same R. Zeïra had occasion to thank Benjamin for communicating to him a Halakah in the name of R. Johanan (Shab. 53a). In the Haggadah, Benjamin was a follower of R. Eleazar b. Pedat, whose expositions and sayings he frequently reports (Meg. 16b; Sanh. 7a; compare Ex. R.; Lev. R. ).—[Yer. Ber. 3:6d; Yoma 29a; Yer. Sanh. 1:18a; Shebu. 18b; Ḥul. 52b (correctly quoted in MS. M); Pesiḳ. 7:63b, 8:68b; Pesiḳ. R.; Midr. Teh.; Gen. R.; Tan., ed. Buber, Lek Leka, 11.]

Bibliography:
  • Frankel, Mebo, p. 69a;
  • Heilprin, Seder ha-Dorot, ed. Wilna, 2:85;
  • Luncz, Jerusalem, 1:101, in which Benjamin's grave is said to be at Safed.
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Bibliography Information
Singer, Isidore, Ph.D, Projector and Managing Editor. Entry for 'Benjamin B. Japhet'. 1901 The Jewish Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tje/​b/benjamin-b-japhet.html. 1901.
 
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