Rabbi Hiyya B. Abba (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles Rabbi Hiyya (or Rabbi Hiyya b. Abba; ca. 180-230 AD) (Hebrew: ) was a rabbi and Jewish religious scholar of the Mishnaic period. Active in Tiberias, Hiyya was the primary compiler of the tosefta. He was the uncle of Abba Arika. Hiyya was an amora of priestly descent. In the Jerusalem Talmud he is also called iyya bar Ba or iyya bar Wa (Yer. Berakhot iii.6a, iv.7d); and in both Talmuds he is frequently mentioned merely as R. iyya, the context showing that iyya bar Abba is meant. Though a native of Babylon, where, perhaps, for a very short time he came under the influence of Samuel of Nehardea (Weiss, "Dor," iii.94), he migrated to Palestine at a very early age. There he studied under anina and Joshua ben Levi, and came into very close contact with Simeon bar La ish. He is, moreover, known as a disciple of Rabbi Johanan, after whose death he and his friends Ammi and Assi were the recognized authorities on the Halakah in Palestine.