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Simeon B. Judah
The 1901 Jewish Encyclopedia
Tanna of the fourth generation; a native of Kefar 'Ikos (comp. on this name H. Hildesheimer, "Beiträge zur Geographie Palästinas," pp. 12, 81, Berlin, 1886). He is mentioned almost exclusively as a transmitter of the sentences of Simeon b. Yoḥai. Two of his own exegetic sentences also have been handed down. To Exodus 14:15, "Wherefore criest thou unto me?" he says that the cry of the Israelites for aid had preceded that of Moses (Mek., Beshallaḥ, [ed. Weiss, p. 35b]). In Deuteronomy 32:6 is to be derived from (= "foundation," "basis," or "means"): "He placed thee upon thy foundation" (Sifre, Deut. 309 [ed. Friedmann, p. 134a]). In another sentence of his that has been preserved mention is made of a certain place in Galilee in which were said to be leprous stones, e., stones from a house infected with leprosy (Tosef., Neg. 6:1).
- Heilprin, Seder ha-Dorot, 2:371, Warsaw, 1882;
- Frankel, Hodegetica in Mischnam, p. 199;
- Brüll, Einleitung in die Mischna, 11:232 et seq.;
- Bacher, Ag. Tan. 2:392.
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Singer, Isidore, Ph.D, Projector and Managing Editor. Entry for 'Simeon B. Judah'. 1901 The Jewish Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tje/​s/simeon-b-judah.html. 1901.