רבי נחוניא בן הקנה Rabbi Nechunya ben HaKanah
Tanna · 1st generation (c. 10–80 CE) — named 18 times across 6 tractates of the Bavli.
Rabbi Nechunya ben HaKanah, of the first tannaitic generation, taught the hermeneutic of the general and the particular — the rule by which a general term followed by a specification is read as covering only what the specification names. The Mishnah also keeps the two short prayers he said on entering and leaving the study hall: going in, that no mishap come about through him; coming out, thanks for his portion.
He is named close to twenty times across six tractates, heaviest in Ketubot.
Taught the hermeneutic of the general and the particular.
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