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Simeon B. 'aḳashyah

The 1901 Jewish Encyclopedia

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Tanna of the second generation. Only one of his haggadic sentences has been preserved, namely, that explaining Job 12:12,20, in which he declares that coarse and uneducated persons lose in intelligence as they grow old, while scholars become more intelligent with advancing years (Ḳin. 3:6).

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  • Heilprin, Seder ha-Dorot, 2:364.
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Singer, Isidore, Ph.D, Projector and Managing Editor. Entry for 'Simeon B. 'aḳashyah'. 1901 The Jewish Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tje/​s/simeon-b-aa3ashyah.html. 1901.
 
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