Rabbi Yehoshua ben Chananya
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| רבי יהושע בן חנניה | |
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| Yehoshuah, Chananyah | |
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| Old Tzfat Cemetery | |
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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.
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-Seven-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.
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