Hanina bar Papi
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Hanina bar Papi,orHanina bar Pappai,(Hebrew חנינא בר פפי) was a third generation JewishAmorasage of theLand of Israel.It is possible that he is the same person asHanina ben Pappawho is frequently mentioned in Talmudic stories.[1]
Biography[edit]
He was among the young students of R.Yochanan bar Nafcha.[2]
His rabbinic peers considered him an example of a righteous man, known to have withstood temptation.[3]They had in mind a story where a certain royal woman urged Hanina into illicit relations with her. In order to deter her, he pronounced a certainmagical formula,whereupon his body was covered with boils and scabs, but the woman removed the disease by magic. He fled and hid himself in a bath-house with demons, knowing that the woman would not chase after him to such a place, since it was a place which whoever entered it was would suffer harm. After this his colleagues asked him: Who guarded you? and he replied: Two angels guarded me all night.[4]
His colleagues were R.Abbahu,R.Isaac Nappaha,[5]Rabbi Ammi,[6]andRav Zeira.[7]Among his pupils were R. Elai[8]and R.Adda b. Abimi.[9]
References[edit]
- ^Babylonian Talmud,Hullin 60a;Ta'anit7a;Megillah11a & 16a;Hagigah5a; Sotah 10b
- ^Babylonian Talmud,Kiddushin 142b
- ^Babylonian Talmud,Kiddushin 81a
- ^Babylonian Talmud,Kiddushin 39b
- ^Babylonian Talmud,Kiddushin 142b,Bava Kamma117b
- ^Babylonian Talmud,Yebamot 48b
- ^Babylonian Talmud,Beitzah 38a
- ^Babylonian Talmud,Bava Kamma117b
- ^Babylonian Talmud,Eruvin 12b