Rabbi Hilkiah

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Rabbi Hilkiah (

Hebrew: רבי חלקיה) was an Amora of the Land of Israel of the fourth generation of the Amoraic era. He was an Aggadist
and his teachings mostly dealt with this issue.

R. Hilkiah is mentioned dozens of times in the

Babylonian Talmud.[1] He was the pupil of R. Pinchas and a colleague of R. Shimon ben Pazi. The Midrash mentions a sage called Isaac ben Rabbi Hilkiah, who may very well be his son.[2]

References

  1. Babylonian Talmud
    , Kiddushin 33b
  2. ^ Leviticus Rabbah 30:3; Margaliot edition: "Isaac b. Hakola"