[Avodah] halacha and history

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From: Eli Turkel via Avodah <avodah at lists.aishdas.org>

I  saw several things over shabbat that seem to go against known  history

1)   *Question:*   Who was the Kohen Gadol at  the time of
Chanukah--Mattisyahu--or his father Yochanan
*Answer:*   The Sefer *Shalal Rav* (p. 147-148) presents a Machlokes
Rishonim on this  very point.

Obviously neither were kohen gadol at the time of chanukah.  Josephus
describes the various successions of the kohen gadol  eg  alcimus etc. In
fact Mattisyahu lived in Modiin and not in Jerusalem. 
 
 
Eli Turkel

 
 
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1.  Could it be that Yochanan "kohen gadol" doesn't mean "High Priest"  but 
rather "a great priest"?
 
2. Could it be that Josephus' list of Kohanim Gedolim is incomplete  and 
inaccurate?  Highly likely, I'd say.
 
3. Could it be that Matisyahu became Kohen Gadol -- or Acting Kohen Gadol  
-- only for a short while, just the time it took to purify the BHM'K and 
maybe  for a short time thereafter?  And if so, the fact that he  formerly 
lived in Modi'in is irrelevant, because when he purified the BHM'K  (and acted 
as Kohen Gadol) he was necessarily in Jerusalem.   
 
--Toby Katz
t613k at aol.com
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