Chananyah was a student and nephew of R. Yehoshua b. Chananyah. He left Palestine at an early age, and established himself in Babylonia where he soon became its leading scholar. Forming a major academy in Nehardea, he argued for the right of his court to fix the months and the holidays. This came when R. Shimon b. Gamliel was trying to reassert centralized power, and he forced Chananyah to back down.
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