Hanan bar Rava

Ḥanan bar Rava (חנן/חנא/חנין בר רב/א) or Ḥanan bar Abba (חנן בר א/בא) was a Talmud sage and second-generation Amoraim. He lived in Israel, moved to Babylonia with Rav (Amora), and died there ca. 290 CE. He is distinct from the late-generation Babylonian Amora of the same name who apparently conversed with Rav Ashi (352-427 CE).b. Beitzah 30a in printings. However, all MSS read "רבא בר רב חנן לאביי" instead; the two are often confused. https://archive.org/details/20210303_20210303_1229
He was the son-in-law of Rav (Amora)b. ḤHullin|ullin 95b ff.: "רב הוה אזיל לבי רב חנן בר רבא חתניה" and is often quoted relaying Abba Arikha teachings or describing his customs. He was the father-in-law of Rav Chisda.. Avodah Zarah 11b He posed several questions to Abaye about the proper performance of Jewish customs, who instructed him to observe their performance for himself.
Bizna, Rabbi Zeira, Kahana bar Tahlifa, Rav Nachman|Nachman b. Yaakov, G'neva, Rav Chisda, and others relay his teachings in the Talmud.
In 1997, the Supreme Court of Israel cited Ḥanan b. Rava's dictum, "All know for what purpose a bride enters the bridal canopy. Yet against whomsoever speaks obscenely thereof, even if a sentence of seventy years happiness has been sealed for him, it is reversed for evil," in establishing guidelines for legal censorship of pornography.
* Ḥanan b. Rava taught a mishnah to Ḥiyya b. Rav in a booth of Rav (Amora) "An amputee Hotzaah exit with his prosthetic [on the Sabbath] -- the words of Rabbi Meir but Rabbi Yosei." Rav signaled him: "Reverse them."
* Judah bar Ezekiel, Jeremiah bar Abba, and Ḥanan b. Rava traveled to the house of Abin I. They brought couches for Yehudah b. Ezekiel and Yirmiah b. Abba, but not for Ḥanan b. Rava, who was forced to sit on the ground. Ḥanan b. Rava became incensed, and provoked his host to an Halakha.
* Ḥanan b. Rava thought that relatives were permitted to testify together about the coming of the New Moon because he had misattributed the two positions thereon. He was corrected by Rav Huna.
* When the Exilarch died, Rav Chisda instructed him to stand on a platform, tear his garments, and show them to the masses. By this the masses were instructed how to mourn the Exilarch.
*Ḥanan b. Rava went to his son-in-law Rav Chisda. He took his granddaughter and put her in his lap. Rav Chisda accused him of violating religious decency laws, but Ḥanan b. Rava insisted familial affection was permitted. In another version, Ḥanan b. Rava kissed his young granddaughter.
*Ḥanan b. Rava and his associates were sitting and eating on the Sabbath. After they had eaten and Birkat Hamazon, Ḥanan b. Rava arose and departed. He returned, and found his associates saying Grace again! He asked, "Have we not already said Grace?" and the associates responded, "We said Grace, and then said Grace again, because we initially forgot to insert the Sabbath additions."
*Once Ḥanan b. Rava said to his associates, "Let me tell you something good I saw Abba Arikha|Rav do." He demonstrated the act. "And I said this before Samuel of Nehardea, and he rose and kissed me on my mouth."
*Rav was going to the house of his son-in-law Ḥanan b. Rava when he saw a ferry-boat approaching. He said, "A ferry-boat is approaching! It is an omen: tonight will be a yom tov for my stomach." Rav came to Ḥanan b. Raven's gate and looked through a crack in the door; he saw a spotted animal. He knocked on the gate, and everyone came to greet him, even the butchers. Rav did not lift his eyes from the animal, saying to them, "You would have fed Kosher forbidden meat to my grandchildren!" Rav did not eat from the animal.
=== Teachings from Abba Arikha ===
* If an alley was breached in its side, carrying within that alley on the Sabbath is prohibited if the breach is ten cubits wide. If in the front, even if the breach is only four cubits wide."
* Four winds blow on each day, and the north wind with each of the others. Were this not so, the world would not survive a single hour.
* All leaders, even minor officials, are chosen by Heaven.Vulture (nasr) reliefs from Himyarite Kingdom
* There are five permanent idolatrous the temple of Bel in Babylon, the temple of Nebo (god), the temple of Atargatis in Manbij, the temple of Serapis in Ashkelon, and the temple of Nasr_(deity)|Nasr in Himyarite Kingdom|Himyar.
*The order of the blessings is YaQNeHaSZ: first List of Jewish prayers and blessings#Blessing prior to food|Yayin, then Kiddush|Qiddush, then Shabbat candles|Ner, then Havdalah, then Sukkah, then Shehecheyanu|Z'man.
*The halakha follows Judah ha-Nasi for Sabbath matters.
==== Biblical lineages ====
* Elimelech, Boaz, and Naomi (biblical figure).
* Haman's father was ʾĂmatlaʾy batʿÔrebtî.
* Abraham's mother was ʾĂmatlaʾy bat Karnebo.
* David's mother was Niṣṣebet bat ʿAdʾēl.
* Samson's mother was Tzǝlelpônît, and his sister was Nǝšêq.
* Abraham was imprisoned for 10 years: 3 years in Kutha and 7 years in Karduniaš.
* When Abraham died, the leaders of the world's nations stood in a line and said "Woe to the world that has lost its leader, and woe to the ship that has lost its captain".
=== Other Teachings ===
* There are four types of Kibroth Hattaavah, partridge, Common pheasant, and sh'lav. The best of all is the Sikhli, and the worst of all is the Sh'lav.
* One may roof their Sukkah with thorns and shrubs.
* If the Hazzan begins a chapter of Psalms, there is a mitzvah to respond, repeating the first verse.
* Kalenda (festival) is held for the eight days after the winter solstice. Saturnalia is held for the eight days before the winter solstice.
* If you own the four species, you do not have to lift all four.
*All know for what purpose a bride enters the bridal canopy. Yet against whomsoever speaks obscenely thereof, even if a sentence of seventy years happiness has been sealed for him, it is reversed for evil.
*Abraham served his guests three calf tongues with mustard, food ordinarily reserved for kings and ministers.
*"Haššǝsûʿâ" in Book of Deuteronomy|Deuteronomy 14:7 (usually translated as "that are split through") refers to a specific animal called the Šǝsûʿâ, which has two backs and two spines.
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