Abbahu had two sons, Zeira and Ḥanina.

Of special historical interest is the observation of Abbahu in regard to the benediction " Baruk Shem Kebod Malkuto " ( Blessed be the Name of His glorious Kingdom ) after the " Shema ' Yisrael ," that in Palestine, where the Christians look for points of controversy, the words should be recited aloud ( lest the Jews be accused of tampering with the unity of God proclaimed in the Shema '), whereas in the Babylonian city of Nehardea, where there are no Christians, the words are recited with a low voice ( Pesahim 56a ).

At this apparent slight, R. Ḥiyya manifested chagrin, and R. Abbahu hastened to comfort him by comparing himself to the pedler of glittering fineries that always attracted the eyes of the masses, while his rival was a trader in precious stones, the virtues and values of which were appreciated only by the connoisseur.

On one occasion, when his senior colleagues, Ḥiyya b. Abba, Rav Ammi, and Assi, had punished a certain woman, and feared the wrath of the proconsul, Abbahu was deputed to intercede for them.

" When his wife reported to him that his interpreter's wife had boasted of her own husband's greatness, R. Abbahu simply said, " What difference does it make which of us is really the greater, so long as through both of us heaven is glorified?

The sentence involved Ḥiyya and his associates in difficulty, and might have had disastrous results had not Abbahu promptly come to their assistance ( Yer.

Bava Metzia iv. 9d ), Abbahu became not only popular with his coreligionists, but also influential with the proconsular government ( Hagigah 14a ; Ketubot 17a ).

" What ," said Abbahu, " is my modesty as compared with that of R. Abba of Acre ( Acco ), who does not even remonstrate with his interpreter for interpolating his own comments in the lecturer's expositions.

'" To this R. Abbahu replied, " Had the Bible said ' for joy ', it would mean as thou sayest, but since it says ' with joy ', it means that we shall make bottles of thy hide and fill them with water " ( Suk.

A Christian came to Abbahu with the quibbling question: " How could your God in His priestly holiness bury Moses without providing for purificatory rites, yet oceans are declared insufficient?

" Why ," said Abbahu, " does it not say, ' The Lord cometh with fire '?

Abbahu made a notable exception with reference to the Tosefta's statement that the Gilionim ( Evangels ) and other books of the Mineans are not to be saved from a conflagration on Sabbath: " the books written by minnims for controversies may or may not be saved " ( Shab.

Abbahu was an authority on weights and measures ( Yer.

While on these journeys, Abbahu gathered so many Halakot that scholars turned to him for information on mooted questions ( Yer.

" a Christian ( Minaah ) once asked Abbahu in a tone of mockery, whereupon he replied: " When you will be wrapped in darkness, for it says, ' Behold, darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the nations ; then shall the Lord rise upon thee and His glory shall be seen on thee ' lx. 2 ," ( Sanhedrin 99a ).

Preaching directly against the Christian dogma, Abbahu says: " A king of flesh and blood may have a father, a brother, or a son to share in or dispute his sovereignty, but the Lord saith, ' I am the Lord thy God!

As Abbahu delivered popular sermons, the masses naturally crowded to hear him, and deserted the halakist.

This speech not having the desired effect, R. Abbahu showed special respect for his slighted colleague by following him for the remainder of that day.

Abbahu left behind him a number of disciples, the most prominent among whom were the leaders of the 4th amoraic generation, R. Jonah and R. Jose.

While this Abbahu repeatedly applied to Samuel for information, Samuel in return learned many Halakot from him ( Naz.

There are several other Abbahus mentioned in the Talmudim and Midrashim, prominent among whom is Abbahu ( Abuha, Aibut ) b. Ihi ( Ittai ), a Babylonian halakist, contemporary of Samuel and Anan ( Eruvin 74a ), and brother of Minyamin ( Benjamin ) b. Ihi.

To appease the sensitive Chiyya, Abbahu modestly declared, " We are like two merchants, one selling diamonds and the other selling trinkets, which are more in demand " ( Sotah 40a ). Talmudic Sages like R. Meir combined the functions of a darshan and a maggid ( Sanhedrin 38b ).

" R. Zera said in the name of R. Abbahu who quoted R. Johanan: These are the eighty thousand battle trumpets which assembled in the city of Bethar, when it was taken and men, women and children were slain in it until their blood ran into the Great Sea.

Demai ii. 23a, R. H. 34a ), one of which — that regulating the sounding of the shofar — has since been universally adopted, and is referred to by medieval Jewish casuists as " Takkanat R. Abbahu " ( the Enactment of R. Abbahu ; compare " Maḥzor Vitry ", Berlin, 1893, p. 355 ).

8b ), a principle said to have been carried into practice by R. Eleazar and R. Abbahu ( ib .).

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His father, a strict disciplinarian with strong religious beliefs, sent the young John to a school in Hertford and then to John Eames's dissenting academy in London.

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He founded an academy to which he invited any pastor and teacher from Royal Hungary ; sent students abroad to the Protestant universities of England, the Low Countries, and the Protestant principalities of Germany ;, conferred hereditary nobility on all Protestant pastors ; and forbade landlords to prevent their serfs from having their children schooled.

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His parents instead sent him to a private academy and, in 1754, to the College of Philadelphia ( today's University of Pennsylvania ).

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