Johanan was a Jewish Exilarch of the 2nd century AD succeeding his brother Nahum. according to the Seder Olam Zutta. He is either the son or descendant...

The exilarch was the leader of the Jewish community in Mesopotamia (modern-day Iraq) during the era of the Parthians, Sasanians and Abbasid Caliphate up...

Shaphat was a Jewish Exilarch of the 2nd century AD succeeding his father Johanan. Little is known about him or the office of the exilarch at this time. His...

as Exilarch by his brother, Johanan. Exilarch Seder Olam Zutta Jewish Encyclopedia- Exilarch Genealogy of the House of David- Nahum, 2nd Exilarch Astren...

exilarch to family members that traced its patrilineal descent from David, King of Israel. The highest official of Babylonian Jewry was the exilarch (Reish...

not listen to him, for Abaye decided according to R. Johanan"; whereupon the people of the exilarch forced Zebid to drink a cup of vinegar, which caused...

inherited the name without ever having practised the trade. He was a pupil of Johanan bar Nappaha. Reish Lakish once used the similarity in their names as the...

authority figures of Jewish antiquity (e.g., kings, high priests, patriarchs, exilarchs and geonim). The position arose in Europe in the Middle Ages from governing...

traditions were preserved especially thanks to the shrewd maneuvers of Johanan ben Zakai, who saved the Sanhedrin and moved it to Yavne. Philosophical...

Johanan, he indignantly exclaimed, "Does Nahman think that because he is the son-in-law of the exilarch, he may speak disparagingly of R. Johanan's opinions...

ben Levi, Shimon ben Lakish, Isaac, Eleazar, and, most frequently, R. Johanan; and almost as often he reported Palestinian observations with merely the...

dynasty continued as head of Babylonian Jewry, called the "Rosh Galut" (exilarch or head of exile). Arab and Jewish sources show that the Rosh Galut continued...

recommended together with other famous schools. R. Eleazer ben Shammua and R. Johanan the sandal-maker started on a journey to Nisibis in order to study under...

and father of Rabbi Hananiah Yose HaKohen, 2nd century student of Rabban Johanan ben Zakkai Rabbi Tarfon, member of the third generation of the Mishnah...

of Israel." Rabbi Joḥanan deduced from Genesis 48:15–16 that sustenance is more difficult to achieve than redemption. Rabbi Joḥanan noted that in Genesis...

intimated to Jacob that two princes were destined to come from him: the Exilarch in Babylon and the Prince in the Land of Israel. The angel thus hinted...