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3 unusual facts about Elisha ben Abuyah


As a Driven Leaf

As a Driven Leaf is a 1939 novel by Milton Steinberg based on the life of Elisha ben Abuyah

Elisha ben Abuyah

He evidently had a reputation as an authority in questions of religious practice, since Mo'ed Katan 20a records one of his halakhic decisions — the only one in his name, although others may be recorded under the names of his students or different rabbis.

Max Letteris

In his Hebrew version of Faust, Faust is replaced by the Jewish heretic Elisha ben Abuyah.



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