רבי יוסי בן החוטף אפרתי

Rabbi Yosi ben HaChotef Efrati was a tanna of the Mishnaic period. He appears in tractate Kilayim, where the discussion turns on the practical laws of forbidden mixtures in planting — how much space must be allotted around a gourd sown among grain, the room given for its cultivation, and what is required when the plant grows larger than expected.