Rabbi Hanina b. Pappa

Talmudic Figures

R. Chanina b. Pappa was also a contemporary of R. Ami, and a student of R. Shmuel b. Nachmani. He is known for the miraculous stories associated with him.

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The Gemara relates a similar incident: Rabbi Ḥanina bar Pappa was a friend of the Angel of Death and would see him frequently. When Rabbi Ḥanina was on the verge of dying, they said to the Angel of Death: Go and perform his bidding. He went before him and appeared to him. He said to the angel: Leave me for thirty days until I have reviewed my studies, for they say: Happy is he who comes here, to paradise, with his learning in his hand. He left him, and after thirty days he again went and appeared to him…

Ketubot 77b:10-12

Rabbi Chanina bar Papa was also of great prominence at that time and his name is constantly linked with R. Avahu, R. Yitzchak Napcha and R. Ami. In the Jerusalem Talmud as well as in the Midrashim his first name at times appears as Hinna or Chananiah. The name Papa is an Aramaic form of the Greek name Papos. Rabbi Chanina bar Papa was a pupil of Rabbi Shmuel bar Nachmani who praised him for his knowledge of the Scriptures. Rabbi Chanina was also a close friend of the outstanding disciples of Rabbi Jochanan and he frequently debated with R. Chama bar Chanina and with R. Acha bar Chanina…

The Jewish Spiritual Heroes, Volume II; The Amoraim of Palestine and the Jerusalem Talmud, Rabbi Aba Kahana and Rabbi Chanina bar Papa 13-23

Livedתקופת פעילות

Amoraim - Third Generation

c.290 – c.320 CE

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Jewish Encyclopedia

Teacherמורה

Rabbi Shmuel b. Nahmani

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