Rabbi Yehoshua ben Chananya
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| רבי יהושע בן חנניה | |
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| Yehoshuah, Chananyah | |
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| Well known 2nd generation Tana, often mentioned in the Mishna. |
Rabbi Yehoshua ben Chananya was second generation Tana and one of the five main students of Rabbi Yochanan ben Zakkai. He is mentioned many times through out the Mishna under the name 'Rebbe Yehoshua' with no additional appendix. Rabbi Yehoshua was a Levy and served as a musician in the 2nd Temple. Escaping the destruction of Yerushalaim along with his teacher, Rabbi Yehoshua ben Chananya went on to serve as the Av Beis Din in the Sanhedrin of Yavneh and Rosh Yeshiva in Piki'in.
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Student of Rabbi Yochanan
Rabbi Yehoshua ben Chananya was one of the five main students of Rabbi Yochanan ben Zakkai which included Rabbi Eliezer ben Hurkenus, Rabbi Elazar ben Arach, Rabbi Shimon ben Netanel and Rabbi Yossi Hakohen. His teacher praised him saying; fortunate is the woman who gave birth to him. When Rabbi Yochanan asked his students to choose the best trait for a person to acquire, Rabbi Yehoshua replied "a good friend". When he once again requested them to list the worst trait that a person should most distance himself from, Rabbi Yehoshua replied "an evil friend".
Leader
Matzah on Peseach
Rabbi Yehoshua asked his sons to bake him a small matzah using milk and a larger matza made with honey for him to use on the remaining day of Pesach following the Seder, thereby teaching those around him that 'Matzah Ishira' is permitted on the remaining days of Peseach. Although
Levy
Rabbi Yehoshua ben Chananya was a Levite and served in the Beis Hamikdash as a singer.
Simchas Beis Hashoava
At one point he described how they would have very little sleep during Chol Hamoed Sukkot going from the Tomid Shel Shachris to morning prayers, from there to Kurban Musaf, then to Musaf prayer, then to study Torah, then to eat, then to Mincha prayer, then to Tomid Shel Bein Harbayim and from there to the Simchas Beis Hashoava, where they would stay up most of the night.
Family
Rabbi Yehoshua had at least 2 sons.[1]
Teachings
An evil eye, the evil inclination, and the hatred of other people, drive a person out of the world.
Kever Rabbi Yehoshua ben Chananya
Rebbe Yehoshua ben Chananya is buried in Tzfas in the Old Cemetery along the path leading down from the Arizal Mikva, across from the Kevarim of Beeri HaNavi, Rabbi Shimon ben Chalafta and the mistakenly marked location of the kevarim of Chana and her 7 sons and Rabbi Bachya. Historically this tomb was attributed to the prophet Hoshia ben Beeri by many different sources but the holy Arizal revealed through his Roach Hakodesh that it is really the resting place of the Tana Rabbi Yehoshua and the similar sounding names became confused over the years. A tradition that places the grave of the prophet Beeri, father of Hoshia right across from the tomb, could have also contributed to the confusion.
Directions
Geographic Coordinates
- Latitude: 32.967569
- Longitude: 35.488844
More Photos
- Kever Rabbi Yehoshua ben Chananya Photo Gallery
References
- ^ Talmud Bavli Pesachim 36A