Member of the second generation of the Amoraim
Rabbi Jose bar Hanina (Hebrew : רבי יוסי בר חנינא , read as Rabbi Yossi bar Hanina ) was an amora of the Land of Israel , from the second generation of the Amoraim .
Biography
He was a disciple of R. Yochanan bar Nafcha ,[ 1] and served as a dayan (religious judge).[ 2] He was ordained as a rabbi by his own rabbi—Yochanan bar Nafcha .[ 3] He became a leading Torah sage , with Rabbi Assi calling him a "great man".[ 4] Later he became a "Talmid Haver ", a colleague-disciple, to Yochanan bar Nafcha, and even disputed and debated him in halakhic matters.[ 5] This is how he also got to know R. Shimon ben Lakish and R. Eleazar ben Pedat , whom he also disputed and debated in halakha.[ 6] The Talmud cites him many times, and other amoraim delivered halachic teachings in his name, among them R. Abbahu and R. Hamma bar Ukba . In addition, some of his aggadic teachings are recorded.
References
^ Babylonian Talmud , Tractate Me'ilah , 16b; and Tractate Yebamoth , 27b
^ Babylonian Talmud , Tractate Bava Kamma , 39a
^ Babylonian Talmud , Tractate Sanhedrin , 30b
^ Bava Kamma 42b
^ i.e: B. Talmud , Tractate Bava Kamma , 39a; and Tractate Shabbat , 49a
^ B. Talmud , Tractate Berakhot , 22b; and Tractate Eruvin , 103a
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