Hiyya b. Abin Naggara

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Chazal Zugot Tannaim Amoraim Savoraim Geonim Rishonim Acharonim
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Rav Hiyya bar Abin Naggara (or Hiyya bar Abin,

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He was the son of R. Abin Naggara, who likely worked as a carpenter (Naggara = "the carpenter"), and who came from Nerash or Nerus (נרשאה) in Babylonia. It is said that Rav Huna once passed the door of R. Abin and, when seeing the house lit by Shabbat candles, remarked that "Two great men will issue hence",^[2] since it is stated that "He who habitually practises [the lighting of] the lamp will possess scholarly sons". Indeed, he then had two scholarly sons: Idi and Hiyya.

He acquired his

. During this period, he heard some teachings of the rabbis of Israel, and later reported them in their name.

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