[Avodah] Matisyahu ben Yochanan Kohen Gadol

[Zev Sero]

On 6/12/2010 10:41 AM, Micha Berger wrote on Areivim:
> Tangent... Was there a Matisyahu Kohein Gadol, or was Matisyahu the son of
> the famous (and apparently incredibly long lived) Yochanan Kohein Gadol?

IIRC, R Avigdor Miller wrote that the Yochanan Kohen Gadol who became
a tzduki after serving (till the age of) 80 years was Alexander Yannai,
the granson of Shimon ben Matisyahu.

I don't know what support he had for this theory.  Or for the idea that
"80 years" is his age rather than the length of his service.

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