Ḥamai (Commonly Called Ḥamai Gaon): Pseudonym of a cabalist belonging, according to Jellinek, to the school of Isaac the Blind. The works which bear this name are: "Sefer ha-Yiḥud," probably on the Tetragrammaton, quoted by Meïr ibn Gabbai ("'Abodat ha-Ḳodesh," 9th ed., Cracow ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [100%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
Ḥama: Babylonian scholar of the fourth amoraic generation; contemporary of Papa, and successor of Naḥman b. Isaac in the rectorate of the academy at Pumbedita (356-377; Grätz, "Gesch., he became known as "the amora of Nehardea" (Sanh. (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [75%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
ḤAsan: Asan and ḤOSAIN (or Ḥusein), sons of the fourth Mahommedan caliph Ali by his wife Fatima, daughter of Mahomet. On Ali’s death Ḥasan was proclaimed caliph, but the strength of Moawiya who had rebelled against Ali was such that ... [60%] 2022-09-02
Ḥasdai (Ḥisdai), Abu Al-Faḍl Ben Joseph Ibn: Jewish convert to Islam; lived at Saragossa in the second half of the eleventh century. Ibn Abi 'Uṣaibia ("'Uyun al-Anba fi Ṭabaḳat al-Aṭibba") pompously calls him a descendant of the prophet Moses. He relates further that Ḥasdai was ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [60%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
Ḥakam: The word is generally used to designate a cultured and learned person: "He who says a wise thing is called a wise man ["ḥakam"], even if he be not a Jew" (Meg. Hence in Talmudic-Midrashic literature wise and learned ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [60%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
Ḥasa: Babylonian amora of the third century, contemporary of Naḥman and of Ammi. Though he was a poor man, people trusted him with their treasures, making him their bailee, without taking receipts from him. It is stated that, rumor having spread ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [50%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
Ḥana (Huna) B. Bizna: Babylonian scholar of the third and fourth centuries; judge at Pumbedita,. He especially cultivated the field of Haggadah, in which he became distinguished. Sheshet, who once attempted to criticize Ḥana's homiletic expositions, but was soon defeated, remarked, "I can ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [50%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
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Ram B. Ḥama: Babylonian amora of the third generation; a pupil of R. isda, and a fellow student of Raba, who was somewhat his junior (B. isda once asked him a question to which Rami found an answer in a mishnah; R. (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [43%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
Ḥama B. Ḥanina: Palestinian amora of the third century; contemporary of R. ama, he directed a school at Sepphoris (Yer. a), and was well known in the circles of the halakists (comp. (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [43%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
Ḥama B. Bisa (Bisai): Amora of the third century, who formed the middle link of a scholarly trio, and who exceeded his predecessor, as his successor in turn exceeded him, in the acquisition of knowledge. Like many other students, he left home and family ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [43%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
Ḥanina B. Ḥama: Palestinian halakist and haggadist; died about 250; frequently quoted in the Babylonian and the Palestinian Gemara, and in the Midrashim. He is generally cited by his prænomen alone (R. anina), but sometimes with his patronymic (Ḥanina b. (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [43%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
Ḥaḳan, Samuel (Samuel Ha-Levi Ibn Ḥakim): Egyptian rabbi of the sixteenth century, first at Cairo, subsequently at Jerusalem (Levi ibn Ḥabib, Responsa, Nos. aḳan was a pupil of Elijah Mizraḥi (Responsa, No. He edited and printed Isaac bar Sheshet's responsa at Constantinople (1546). (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [42%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
Ḥasdai I.: Third exilarch of the Arabian period; died in 730. He was a descendant of Bostanai I. asdai, who also, after his father's death, became exilarch. (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [42%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
Talmid Ḥakam (Plural, Talmide Ḥakamim): Honorific title given to one well versed in the Law. Prizing knowledge, especially that of the Torah, above all worldly goods, the talmide ḥakamim formed in Jewish society a kind of aristocracy having many privileges and prerogatives as well as ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [42%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]