226:; he granted it no greater authority than to the collections of halakhot or baraitot compiled by Hiyya and other disciples of Judah haNasi. When his pupil R. Johanan remarked that the Mishnah rendered a decision different from his, he answered, "The Mishnah gives only the decision of a single tanna, while I decide conformably to the Rabbis as a whole". He was independent in his decisions, and sometimes had all his contemporaries against him. His decisions were generally rigid regarding individuals, but liberal when the whole community was concerned. Yannai's disregard of R.
180:, often mentioned in both Talmuds and in the Midrash as the "debei R. Yannai" or the "beit R. Yannai," and which continued after his death. His school differed from others in that the pupils were treated as belonging to the master's family; they worked on Yannai's estate, took their share of the revenue, and lived under his roof. His chief pupil, of whom he thought highly, was
172:, who, as an assistant teacher in Rabbi's school, sometimes acted as Yannai's tutor. But several discussions between Hiyya and Yannai show the real relationship. Their friendship was afterward cemented by the marriage of Yannai's daughter to Hiyya's son Judah. Yannai transmitted also some halakhot in the name of the council ("haburah") of the last
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Yannai is conspicuous in both Talmud and
Midrash as a prolific aggadist, and he occupies an important place among the Biblical exegetes of his time. In reference to a man who studied much but did not fear God, he said: "Woe to the man who, before he gets a house, makes the door". He recommended
145:. He was very wealthy; he is said to have planted four hundred vineyards (though they may have been small vineyards) and to have given an orchard to the public. His first residence was at
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246:. He enjoined his children to bury him neither in white nor in black clothes, as they would not know whether his place would be in paradise or in hell.
234:, an ardent believer in Rabbi's Mishnah. Yannai said in reference to Hanina, "He who studies the Law under only one teacher sees no sign of blessing".
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who lived in the 3rd century, and of the first generation of the
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A genealogical chart found at
Jerusalem traced his descent from
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Berachot 2:6; Yerushalmi Ketuvot 1:10; Shabbat 14a
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Yerushalmi
Hagigah 3:2; Yerushalmi Kiddushin 3:14; et al.
161:, or 'Akbari, where he established a school (see below).
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Compare
Yerushalmi Pesachim 1:5; Yerushalmi Yoma 4:2
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242:to send him some eye-salves prepared by
176:. He established an important school at
550:Halevy, Dorot ha-Rishonim, ii. 273–282;
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338:Yerushalmi Bikkurim 3:3; Ketuvot 62b
537:It has the following bibliography:
504:Shabbat 114a; Yerushalmi Kilaim 9:4
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430:Yerushalmi Niddah 3:4; Shabbat 65a
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1336:Fourth Generation (until 340 CE):
1188:Second Generation (until 280 CE):
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556:Weiss, Dor, iii. 50, 51.
262:Yerushalmi Ta'anit 4:2;
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302:Yerushalmi Berachot 3:1
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164:He was a student of R.
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1114:Samuel b. Jose b. Boon
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211:176 times, and in the
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669:Simeon ben Jehozadak
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1307:Rabbah bar Rav Huna
1302:Rav Yosef bar Hiyya
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841:Rabbah bar bar Hana
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639:Epes the Southerner
1276:Rabbah bar Nahmani
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1235:Hiyya bar Joseph
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664:Jeremiah (I)
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1546:Aha b. Rava
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1148:Abba Arikha
1132:Amoraim of
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886:Hoshaiah II
781:Gamaliel IV
659:Bar Kappara
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475:Shabbat 31b
402:Ketuvot 79a
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1292:Rav Chisda
1240:Rav Giddel
1230:Rav Berona
1205:Hamnuna II
1073:Gamaliel V
1017:Rabbi Aibu
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347:Makkot 21b
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190:Rabbi Aibu
1572:Ravina II
1541:Rafram II
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1343:Abaye
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