Judah ha-Nasi

or Ju·dah Ha·na·si

[ hah-nah-see ]

noun

1. a.d. c135–c210, Jewish rabbi and scholar.

Judah ha-Nasi

/ hɑːnɑːˈsiː /

noun

1. Judah ha-Nasi?135?220MJewishRELIGION: rabbiRELIGION: patriarach of Sanhedrin ?135–?220 ad , rabbi and patriarch of the Sanhedrin, who compiled the Mishnah

Example Sentences

E. Chapter IV: The sayings of twenty-five Tannaim after the time of Rabbi Akiba, who were contemporaries of Rabbi Meir and of Rabbi Judah Ha-Nasi.

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Into this enlarged kernel of pithy sayings of the oldest authorities, which may be characterized as the Abot of Rabbi Akiba, later Tannaim—Rabbi Meir, Rabbi Judah ha-Nasi, and others—interpolated additional sayings of the afore-mentioned Rabbis, and also typical utterances of their disciples, and of other well-known teachers.

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The sayings of Judah ha-Nasi, the redactor of the Mishnah, and of Rabbi Gamaliel, his son, were undoubtedly added after the time of Judah.

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He was a daily attendant at the academy of Rabbi Judah ha-Nasi.

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He also cured Rabbi Judah ha-Nasi of long-continued toothache by laying his hand on the sufferer, and at the same time he brought about the reconciliation of Rabbi Judan with Rabbi Hayyah, whose form he had assumed.

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