Pinchas ben Jair

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Pinchas ben Jair ( Phinehas b. Jair ) was an ancient Jewish scholar who was famous for his extraordinary piety and who reported many miracles (legend of the pious donkey etc.). He worked in the second half of the second century AD and belonged to the so-called fourth generation of the Tannaites .

Life

He was the son-in-law of Shimon ben Jochai and probably lived in Lydda .

Its halachot has not survived; it is only mentioned once in the Mishnah . It is reported that he meticulously adhered to the purity laws and so z. B. never spoke a bracha about someone else's bread and when he entered adulthood did not even eat his father's meal (bab. Chullin 7b). The observance of the Schmitta year was also of great importance to him .

He is considered the author of the Midrash Taje (= Baraita des Pinchas ben Jair ).

literature

  • Salomon Wininger : Great Jewish National Biography. Vol. V, Orient Printing House, Chernivtsi 1931.
  • Samuel Atlas: Pinchas ben Jair. In: Georg Herlitz (Hrsg.): Jüdisches Lexikon . Volume IV, 1, Jewish publishing house, Berlin 1927.
  • Hermann L. Strack , Günter Stemberger : Introduction to Talmud and Midrash. 7th edition, CH Beck, Munich 1982.
personal data
SURNAME Pinchas ben Jair
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Phinehas ben Jair
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Jewish scholar
DATE OF BIRTH 2nd century
DATE OF DEATH 2nd century or 3rd century