Hanina ben Dosa Knows by His Prayer That the Fever Has Broken

The Exempla of the Rabbis (1924)Hanina ben Dosa's Prayer That Pulled a Son Back from FeverThe son of Rabbi Yohanan ben Zakkai had fallen dangerously ill. His father, the greatest sage of his generation, prayed. And nothing happened. Yohanan then sent

Hebraic Literature (1901)The Burning Bush Formula Against FeverTractate Shabbat (folio 66, column 2) preserves something most modern readers will find startling: a rabbinic prescription against fever that is half incantatio

Exempla of the Rabbis (Gaster, 1924)A daughter of RRabbi Hanina ben Dosa was one of the most miracle-working sages in all of Jewish history. He lived in grinding poverty, the Talmud says that each week he surviv

The Exempla of the Rabbis (1924)The Adder That Died While Biting Rabbi Hanina ben DosaRabbi Hanina ben Dosa, the first-century miracle worker whom the Mishnah (Berakhot 5:5) calls a man whose prayers could heal from a distance, was once deep in t

The Exempla of the Rabbis (1924)When the Sun Moved Backward for HezekiahKing Hezekiah of Judah lay dying. The prophet Isaiah came to his bedside with what should have been the last message: set your house in order, for you shall die

The Exempla of the Rabbis (1924)When Rabbi Shimon b. Halafta's Prayer Saved a Baby's LifeRabbi Shimon ben Halafta was invited to a brit milah, the circumcision of an eight-day-old child. He arrived, sat with the family, recited the blessings. The ch

Hanina ben Dosa Knows by His Prayer That the Fever Has Broken

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