Rabbi Hanina

First appears: The Descendants Of Adam And Lilith

Rabbi Hanina was the son of a very rich and pious man and his wife. His father said that he and Rabbi Hanina’s mother would die on the same day.

At the market, Rabbi Hanina found a live frog inside a silver dish. The frog taught him the Torah and seventy languages. Rabbi Hanina and his wife became very rich and gained the king’s respect and confidence.

Relationship record

Life events

• Rabbi Hanina found a live frog inside the silver dish he bought at market.(The Descendants Of Adam And Lilith)
  • With: the frog, son of Adam (Chapter 032)
  • “when Rabbi Hanina opened it, he found a second dish within, and inside of this a live frog, jumping and hopping around gleefully.”
• The frog taught Rabbi Hanina the Torah and seventy languages.(The Descendants Of Adam And Lilith)
  • With: the frog, son of Adam (Chapter 032)
  • “The frog assented, and he did, indeed, teach him the whole of the Torah, and the seventy languages of men besides.”
• Rabbi Hanina and his wife became very rich and gained the king’s respect and confidence.(The Descendants Of Adam And Lilith)
  • With: the wife of Rabbi Hanina (Chapter 032)
  • “Rabbi Hanina and his wife departed for their home, and they became very rich, and enjoyed the respect and confidence of the king.”

The Descendants Of Adam And Lilith

• parent: the rich and pious man (Chapter 032) “Once upon a time there lived in Palestine a very rich and pious man, who had a son named Rabbi Hanina.”
• parent: the wife of the rich and pious man (Chapter 032) “He also told him that he and his wife, the mother of Rabbi Hanina, would die on the selfsame day”
• married with the wife of Rabbi Hanina (Chapter 032) “Thereupon the frog spoke to the wife of Rabbi Hanina:”

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Extracted from the original text of The Legends of the Jews, Volume I. Made with Rho MD.