- Phinehas ben Jair
- (fl. 2nd cent)Palestinian tanna, son-in-law of Simeon ben Yohai. He was a prominent halakhist.
Dictionary of Jewish Biography. Dan Cohn-Sherbok.
Phinehas ben Jair
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