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Rabbi Tarfon
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<p>Rabbi Tarfon or Tarphon , a <a href="/facts/Kohen/WdHNhX8p">Kohen</a>, was a member of the <a href="/facts/Tannaim/6rPwaeXs">third generation</a> of the <a href="/facts/Mishnah/nf6aBsjL">Mishnah</a> sages, who lived in the period between the <a href="/facts/Siege_of_Jerusalem_(70)/vKDgJMBp">destruction of the Second Temple</a> (70 <a href="/facts/Common_Era/e5DpqUoe">CE</a>) and the fall of <a href="/facts/Betar_(fortress)/Rn2czbVk">Betar</a> (135 CE). </p>