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Chananel ben Chushiel or
Hananel ben Hushiel (
Hebrew: חננאל בן חושיאל) was a
Rabbi,
talmudist and a student of one of the last
Geonim. He is best known for his commentary on the
Talmud. Chananel is often referred to as
Rabbeinu Chananel -
Hebrew for "our teacher, Chananel".
Biography
"Rabbeinu Chananel" was born in
990. Although he's strongly associated with the city of
Kairouan,
Tunisia, he was likely born in
Italy. Indeed, the
Tosafists refer to him as "Ish Romi." R. Chananel studied under his father,
Chushiel, head of the Kairouan
yeshiva and through correspondence with
Hai Gaon. He is closely associated with
Nissim Ben Jacob in the capacity of rabbi and
Rosh yeshiva of Kairouan. His most famous student is probably
Isaac Alfasi. Chananel was also successful in business and was said to be very wealthy. He died in
1053.
Works
Chananel wrote the first complete
commentary on the Talmud, today embedded in the actual Talmud page on certain tractates. The commentary presents a paraphrased summary of the main arguments in the
gemara, omitting most of the non-legal sections (
Aggada). A distinctive feature of the commentary is the presentation of the parallel passages from the
Jerusalem Talmud.
He also authored a
commentary on the
Torah, cited by many later Biblical commentators, chiefly
Bahya ben Asher. This commentary is to some extent directed against the
Karaites. While no full copy of this work survives, we possess many fragments of it; it has recently been published by the
Mosad Ha-Rav Kook as a separate work, as well as in the
Torat Hayyim anthology.
Other works by Rabbeinu Chananel include a collection of
responsa, as well as "Sefer ha-Miktzo'ot,"
decisions on
ritual law, both quoted by various
rishonim.
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