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Rabbinical Eras Hanina ben Hakinai or Hanania ben Hakinai (Hebrew: חנינא בן חכינאי) was a Tanna of the 2nd century; contemporary of Ben 'Azzai and Simon the Temanite (Tosef., Ber. iv. 18; see Ḥalafta). Sometimes he is cited without his prænomen (Sifra, Emor, vii. 11; Shab. 147b).
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Life
Who his early teachers were is not certainly known. From some versions of the Tosefta (l.c.) it appears that Tarfon was one of them, but that his regular teacher was R. Akiba. It is related that he took leave of his wife and attended Akiba 12 or 13 years without communicating with his family, whom he recovered in a remarkable way (Ket. 62b; Lev. R. xxi. 8). He was one of the few who, though not regularly ordained, were permitted to "argue cases before the sages" (דנין לפני חכמים: Sanh. 17b; comp. Yer. Ma'as. Sh. ii. 53d). Several halakot have been preserved in his name, owing their preservation to Eleazar b. Jacob II (Kil. iv. 8; Mak. iii. 9; Tosef., Ṭoh. vi. 3; Ḳid. 55b); and he also left some halakic midrashim (Sifra, Meẓora', v. 16; Sifra, Emor, vii. 11, comp. Shab. 110b; Men. 62b, comp. Sifra, Emor, xiii. 8).
Aggadah
Hananiah also delved into the "mysteries of the Creation," concerning which he consulted R. Akiba (Ḥag. 14b); and he appears as the author of several homiletic remarks. According to him, God's relation to distressed Israel is expressed in Solomon's words (Prov. xvii. 17): "A brother is born for adversity"; by "brother" is understood "Israel," for it is elsewhere said (Ps. cxxii. 8): "For my brethren and companions' sakes, I will now say, Peace be within thee" (Yalḳ., Ex. 233; comp. Mek., Beshallaḥ, iii.). With reference to Lev. v. 21 (vi. 2) ("If a soul sin, and commit a trespass against the Lord, and lie unto his neighbor," etc.), he remarks, "No man lies [acts dishonestly] against his fellow man unless he first becomes faithless to God" (Tosef., Shebu. iii. 6). From a comparatively late date comes the statement that Hananiah b. Ḥakinai was one of the "ten martyrs" (see Zunz, G. V. 2d ed., p. 150; see also Masseket Aẓilut).
Jewish Encyclopedia bibliography
- W. Bacher, Ag. Tan. i. 436;
- Brüll, Mebo ha-Mishnah, i. 148;
- Z. Frankel, Darke ha-Mishnah, p. 136;
- Heilprin, Seder ha-Dorot, ii.;
- Zacuto, Yuḥasin, ed. Filipowski, pp. 36a, 65b
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This article incorporates text from the 1901–1906 Jewish Encyclopedia, a publication now in the public domain.
Tannaim Last Generation of Zugot Era Hillel the Elder | Shammai | Bnei Bathyra | Menahem | Akabia ben Mahalalel | Hananiah b. Hezekiah b. GaronFirst Generation Gamaliel I, the Elder | Shimon ben Gamliel (I) | Ishmael ben Elisha ha-Kohen | Johanan ben Zakai | Jonathan ben Uzziel | Baba ben Buta | Hanina Ben Dosa | Hanina Segan ha-Kohanim | Abba Saul ben Batnit | Admon | Dosa ben Harkinas | Judah ben Bathyra | Eliezer ben Jacob I | Nahum the MedeSecond Generation
(Destruction of the Second Temple and thereafter)Gamaliel II | Joshua ben Hananiah | Eliezer ben Hurcanus | Eleazar ben Arach | Nehunya ben ha-Kanah | Nahum of Gimzo | Abba Hilkiah | Rabbi ZadokThird Generation Akiva ben Joseph | Tarfon | Judah ben Baba | Rabbi Ishmael | Eleazar ben Azariah | Jose the Galilean | Eliezer ben Jose | Haninah ben Teradion | Johanan ben Baroka | Simon ben Zoma | Simeon ben Azzai | Onkelos | Hanina ben Antigonus | Hanina ben Hakinai | Yochanan ben Nuri | Eleazar Chisma | Elisha ben Abuyah | Rabbi Ilai I | Eleazar of Modi'im | Halafta | Haninah ben Ahi R. Joshua | Abtolemus | Jose ben Kisma | Jeshbab the Scribe | Aquila of Sinope | Johanan ben Torta | Eleazar ben Judah of Bartota | Matteya ben Heresh | Hanan the Egyptian | Simeon the YemeniteFourth Generation Shimon ben Gamaliel (II) | Judah bar Ilai | Jose ben Halafta | Rabbi Meir (and wife Bruriah) | Simeon bar Yochai | Eleazar ben Shammua | Rabbi Nehemiah | Rabbi Nathan | Joshua ben Karha | Abba Saul | Yochanan HaSandlar | Phinehas ben Jair | Simeon ShezuriFifth Generation Judah I | Huna Kamma | Jose b. Judah | Ishmael ben Jose | Eleazar b. Simeon | Simeon ben Eleazar | Eleazar ha-Kappar | Symmachus ben Joseph | Issi ben Judah | Bar Kappara | Jose ben Zimra | Levi ben Sisi | Rabbi Bana'ah | Simeon b. Menasya | Yadua the BabylonianCategories:- Mishnah rabbis
- 2nd-century rabbis
- Jewish martyrs
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