Hanina (Hananiah) ben Antigonus; he, חנינא בן אנטיגונוס, ''Chanina ben
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Antigonus'') was Jewish
rabbi
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of the third generation of
tannaim
''Tannaim'' ( Amoraic Hebrew: תנאים , singular , ''Tanna'' "repeaters", "teachers") were the rabbinic sages whose views are recorded in the Mishnah, from approximately 10–220 CE. The period of the ''Tannaim'', also referred to as the Mis ...
.
He was of priestly descent, and a contemporary of
Rabbi Akiva
Akiva ben Yosef (Mishnaic Hebrew: ''ʿĂqīvāʾ ben Yōsēf''; – 28 September 135 CE), also known as Rabbi Akiva (), was a leading Jewish scholar and sage, a '' tanna'' of the latter part of the first century and the beginning of the second c ...
and
Rabbi Yishmael
Rabbi Yishmael ben Elisha Nachmani (Hebrew: רבי ישמעאל בן אלישע), often known as Rabbi Yishmael and sometimes given the title "Ba'al HaBaraita" (Hebrew: בעל הברייתא), was a rabbi of the 1st and 2nd centuries (third gener ...
.
It is supposed that in his youth he had witnessed the service of the Temple of Jerusalem, since he knew the fluters that played before the altar. If this were so, Ḥanina must have enjoyed unusual longevity, as he often appears in halakic controversy with Akiva's latest disciples. Be this as it may, he was learned in the laws relating to the priests, and many such laws are preserved in his name, while precedents reported by him regarding the services and appurtenances of the Temple influenced later rabbinical opinions.
He is often cited as an authority on marital questions and on other matters. Some halakhic midrashim also have come down from him.
Just one aggadah is recorded under his name:
* Whosoever practises the precept concerning the
fringes on the borders
'kanfei''of garments will realize the promise: 'Ten men . . . shall take hold of the skirt
'bekanaf''of him that is a Jew, saying, We will go with you: for we have heard that God is with you'. On the other hand, he who violates the precept concerning the skirt
'kanaf''is included in the verse 'take hold of the ends of
'bekanaf''the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it'
According to him, when an aged man dies after not more than three days' sickness, his death may be termed
kareth
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, a punishment for secret violations of the Sabbath or of the dietary laws.
[Sem. iii. 10]
References
Mishnah rabbis
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