In the medieval Toledot Yeshu folklore and traditions '''St. Peter ''' (Shimeon Kepha Ha-Tzadik) has a pristine reputation as a greatly learned and holy man who established the Sunday Sabbath for [[God-Fearers]] (converted from among Gnostic heretics known as the watchers) instead of Saturday in the absence of the [[Yoveil]], Noel (as a new year feast but not as Christmas) instead of [[Hanukkah]], the Triumph of the Cross instead of [[Rosh Hashana]], Pascha instead of [[Pesach]], The Circumcision {{Bibleverse||John|7:2|49|}} instead of [[Sukkot]](The Jewish tradition places the birth of Peter's Rabbi in September rather than December), and the [[Ascension]] for them instead of [[Shavuot]]. Orthodox Jewish author R. [[Harvey Falk]] (NY) wrote that R. [[Judah ben Samuel of Regensburg]], who led Germany's 12th-century [[Chasidei Ashkenaz]], considered him to be a ''Tzaddik'' (a Jewish saint or spiritual Master among [[Hasidim]]). The Tosaphist [[Rabbeinu Tam]] wrote that he was "a devout and learned Jew who dedicated his life to guiding gentiles along the proper path". Tam also passed on the traditions that St Peter was the author of the Sabbath and feast-day ''[http://headcoverings-by-devorah.com/Nishmat.html Nishmat]'' prayer, which has no other traditional author, and also that he authored a prayer for [[Yom Kippur]] in order to prove his commitment to Judaism despite his work amongst Gentiles. Peter was instrumental in helping his new Noahides to establish not churches, but the courts of law required of them, and he himself acted as the required Jewish Abbot in such [[Bet Din]]s. This is how Peter came to be called Pope.