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- ↑ Yerushalmi Sanhedrin 10 28a
- ↑ Compare Shabbat l.c.; Yerushalmi Shabbat 5 7c; Yerushalmi Sukkot 2 52d; Yerushalmi Megillah 3 74b
- ↑ Shabbat 147b
- ↑ See Sanhedrin 29a: Hiyya's patronymic is doubtless a mistake
- ↑ Yerushalmi Peah 8 21b
- ↑ Compare Pesikta 4 37a, 7 67b, 17 132a, 23 153a,b, 31 195a
- ↑ Deuteronomy 13:5 [A. V. 4]
- ↑ Deuteronomy 4:23 [A. V. 24]
- ↑ Genesis 3:21
- ↑ Sotah 14a
- ↑ Genesis Rabbah 9:5
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Singer, Isidore; et al., eds. (1901–1906). "ḤAMA B. ḤANINA". The Jewish Encyclopedia . New York: Funk & Wagnalls. It has the following bibliography:
- Bacher, Ag. Pal. Amor. i. 447 et seq.;
- Frankel, Mebo, 85b;
- Heilprin, Seder ha-Dorot, ed. Maskileison, ii. 138b;
- Weiss, Dor, iii. 91.
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