'''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 the Jew who canonized the NT by order of the Sanhedrin. Epiphanius said that his Father, Clopas, is said to have had a brother called Joseph Panther. This might refer to his brother in law Joses ben Pandera the father of Yemakh Shmo Ben Stada. Symeon fought against the feasts of the Notzrim and got them to observe feasts of HaShem appropriately under new names.
Hagahot ofBaruch Frankel:
“On the 9th of Teves Shimon Hakalfus who helped save the Jewish people died and the Sages established it as a day of fasting.”
[[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 [[Notzrim|Heretics]] along the proper path. R. Tam further maintained that Simon was the author of the Nishmat prayer recited on Sabbaths and Festivals. (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]].)