:"[[Rabbeinu Tam|R. Jacob Tam]] also expressed his belief that '''Peter (Simon Caiaphas)''', the first Pope, was a devout and learned Jew, who dedicated his life to guiding [http:=הקלפסי //godfearers.com/index.php/Notzrim Christians] along the proper path. R. Tam further maintained that Peter was the author of the Nishmat prayer recited on Sabbaths and Festivals, as well as a prayer for Yom Kippur ([[Mahzor 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]]). It may also be noted that [[Judah ben Samuel of Regensburg|R. Judah He-Hasid]], leader of the twelfth century Hasidei Ashkenaz in Germany, also referred to Peter as a Pious man ("zaddik"; [[Sefer Hasidim]], no. 191)."<ref>page 34 of the Wipf and Stock Publisher's edition of New York Orthodox Rabbi [[Harvey Falk]]'s book "Jesus the Pharisee: A new look at the Jewishness of Jesus" (copyright 1985 Paulist Press)</ref>הקלפוני=

'''Rav Symeon the son of Clopas''' (fl.c.86CE) often confused elsewhere with [[Peter]], [[Paul]] and probably identical with [[Shimeon Kippah]] is also known in the Teliya as '''Hakham Elijah''' and is accredited in Judaism as the Jew who canonized the [[Evangelion]] by order of the Sanhedrin.  The Toledoth Yauthor of the [[Machzor Vitry]] quotes Rabbeinu Tam as saying that he was the Shaliakh of Peter.S Epiphanius said that his Father, Clopas, is said to have had a brother called Joseph Panther.W  In Baruch Frankel's Hagahot it is written: “On the 9th of Teves, Shimon Hakalfus -who helped save the Jewish people- died and the Sages established it as a day of fasting.” The [http://lemidrash.free.fr/JudaismeChristianisme/index_toledoth.html Teliya] also praises Peter Simon as a greatly learned and pious man dedicated to saving Israelites from [[Minuth|heresy]] and guiding gentile followers of displacement theology into Noahism. Peter's mission to One version of the Hellenes Teliya says he was headed by Gamaliel's student Saul the brother of Tarsus whose efforts Magdalena. These claims might refer to his brother in Peter's direction were complimented by Rlaw Joses ben Pandera the father of Yemakh Shmo Ben Stada. Symeon fought against the debauched feasts of the Notzrim and got them to observe feasts of HaShem appropriately under new names.  http://web.archive.org/web/20220707182502/http://folkmasa.org/bet/bet001. htm =Compare with=:[[שמעון כיפא]]:[[Jacob Emdenשמעון בן כפה]] in the Seder Olam Rabbah Vezuta.:[[שמעון כיפה]] =Sources=