Rav Hiyya bar Joseph (or Rav Hiyya bar Yosef;

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: רבי חייא בר יוסף) was a Babylonian rabbi of the 3rd century (second generation of

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Biography

In Babylonia, he lived in a place called Sikara on the shore of the

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river, near

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, and had served as the city sage instituting measures. He mainly studied under

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and frequently quotes his teachings. He would sometimes go to Samuel's school and submit secondhand reports of Rav, and get Samuel's response. He was also a student of Samuel (probably after the death of Rav, like some other of Rav's students), and addressed him with questions, and would sometimes dispute him. Later on he made

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to the

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. Here he made his livelihood from salt trading. Little is known about his family, except that after immigrating to the Land of Israel alone, he sent someone to bring his wife. Upon arrival to the Land of Israel he studied with R.

Yochanan bar Nafcha :''See Johanan (name) for more rabbis by this name''. Johanan bar Nappaha ( he, יוחנן בר נפחא Yoḥanan bar Nafḥa; alt. sp. Napaḥa) (also known simply as Rabbi Yochanan, or as Johanan bar Nafcha) (lived 180-279 CE) was a leading r ...

and

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, and submitted to them rulings by Rav. Even with Yochanan bar Nafcha he disputed on various matters. He also studied under R.

Hiyya bar Abba Ḥiyya bar Abba (Aramaic: רבי חייא בר אבא), Ḥiyya bar Ba (Aramaic: רבי חייא בר בא), or Ḥiyya bar Wa (Aramaic: רבי חייא בר ווא) was a third generation ''amoraic'' sage of the Land of Israel, of priestly des ...

. The Talmud also mentions that Hiyya bar Joseph is addressing Yochanan bar Nafcha with questions, however, he was probably not considered Yochanan's pupil: in a dispute among them, Hiyya bar Joseph is mentioned first, and various doubts on halachic matters were brought before both of them as one. At times, Hiyya bar Joseph also delivers statements in the name of

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Pupils

Rav Giddel studied under him when he was still in Babylonia, and delivers statements in his name that are secondhand statements made by Rav. The rabbis of

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, the students of Caesarean academy, also cite laws in his name.

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