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Hananiah B. 'aḳashiah
The 1901 Jewish Encyclopedia
Tanna whose name became very popular by reason of a single homiletic remark, as follows: "The Holy One—blessed be He!—desired to enlarge Israel's merits; therefore He multiplied for them Torah and commandments, as it is said [Isaiah 42:21, Hebr.], 'The Lord was pleased, in order to render him [Israel—read: 
] righteous, to magnify the Law and to make it great'" (Mak. 3:16). This mishnah is usually subjoined to each chapter of the treatise Abot embodied in the rituals (see ABOT). One halakah also is ascribed to him (Tosef., Sheḳ. 3:18; anonymous in Sheḳ. 8:8). When he lived, and who his teachers were, can not be ascertained. He probably was a brother of the equally rarely cited Simon b. 'Aḳashiah.
Bibliography:- Bacher, Ag. Tan. 2:376;
- Brüll, Mebo ha-Mishnah, 1:212;
- Frankel, Darke ha-Mishnah, p. 187.
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Singer, Isidore, Ph.D, Projector and Managing Editor. Entry for 'Hananiah B. 'aḳashiah'. 1901 The Jewish Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tje/h/hananiah-b-aashiah.html. 1901.