'''Rav Symeon the son of Clopas''' (fl.c.86CE) often confused elsewhere with [[Saint Peter]], [[Paul]] and [[Shimeon Kippah]] is also known in the Teliya as '''Hakham Elijah''' and is accredited in Judaism as being a Tzadik who cannonized the NT by order of the Sanhedrin. His Father Clopas is said to have had a brother called Joseph but this might refer to his brother in law Joses ben Pandera the father of Yemakh Shmo Ben Stada. He fought against the feasts of the Notzrim and got them to observe feasts of HaShem appropriately under new names.
[[Rabbeinu Tam|R. Jacob Tam]] expressed his belief that '''Simon CaIaphas''', the first Patriarch of Jerusalem, "was a devout and learned Jew, who dedicated his life to guiding [http://godfearers.com/index.php/Notzrim Heretics] along the proper path. R. Tam further maintained that שמעון כיפה Simon was the author of the Nishmat prayer recited on Sabbaths and Festivals, as well as a prayer for Yom Kippur . ([https://www.sefaria.org/Machzor_Vitry%2C_Laws_of_Rosh_HaShanah.325?lang=bi Machzor Vitry], edited by S.Hurwitz, 1923, p.285 note 5 and p. 362 note 5.) CF. [[Julius Eisenstein|J. Eisenstein]]'s articles on Simon CaIaphas in [[Otzar Israel]] and [[Otzar Midrashim]].