=Chananel ben Chushiel=, recognized as a Talmud authority, =3=, 211, 248. busies himself with the Jerusalem Talmud, =3=, 249. consults Haï Gaon, =3=, 252. eulogizes Haï Gaon, =3=, 253. Alfassi disciple of, =3=, 285. writings of, the basis of Nathan ben Yechiel’s lexicon, =3=, 290. =Chananel Ibn-Askara=, Kabbalist, =4=, 74. =Chananya=, Agadist, =2=, 575-6. =Chananya= (Achunaï), brother of Anan ben David, candidate for the Exilarchate, =3=, 129. death of, =3=, 137. =Chananya=, nephew of Joshua ben Chananya, joins Christianity, =2=, 370. withdrawn from Jewish Christian influences, =2=, 443. establishes a Synhedrion at Nahor-Pakod, =2=, 443. arranges the calendar, =2=, 443. and Simon II, =2=, 443-4. dissolves his Synhedrion, =2=, 444. =Chananya=, principal of the Sora academy, =3=, 10. =Chananya.= _See also_ Chanina. =Chanceller=, Jewish Portuguese official, =4=, 159. =Chanilaï.= _See_ Anilaï. =Chanina=, teacher of the Law, =2=, 330. =Chanina.= _See_ Mar-Chanina. =Chanina bar Chama=, refused permission to teach, =2=, 456. to be appointed teacher by Gamaliel III, =2=, 466. the oldest of the Amoraim, =2=, 490. work of, =2=, 490-1. compared with Eliezer ben Hyrcanus, =2=, 491. deserted by his disciples, =2=, 491. veneration for, =2=, 491. characterizes the people of Sepphoris, =2=, 491-2. old age of, =2=, 492. protects Mar-Samuel’s daughter, =2=, 528. disciples of, =2=, 531. =Chanina ben Abbahu=, at Tiberias, =2=, 543. =Chanina (Chananya) ben Teradion=, member of the Jamnia Synhedrion, =2=, 357. refuses obedience to Hadrian’s decrees, =2=, 427. suffers martyrdom, =2=, 429. wife and daughter of, =2=, 429, 436. =Chaninaï=, Babylonian Jewish judge, declares Bostanaï’s son legitimate, =3=, 91. =Chaninaï=, Exilarch, =3=, 10. =Chaninaï=, principal of the Pumbeditha academy, =3=, 10. =Chaninaï Kahana ben Huna= (765-775), Gaon of Sora, =3=, 137. =Chanoch ben Moses= (940-1014), attainments of, =3=, 229. rabbi of Cordova, =3=, 230. chief of the Andalusian Jews, =3=, 236. dispute about the position of, =3=, 237-8. deposed and re-instated, =3=, 240. on the death of Jacob Ibn-Jau, =3=, 241. death of, =3=, 241. =Chanukah= (Hanukkah), Feast of Lights, instituted, =1=, 472-3. introduced into Egypt, =2=, 6-7. observed by pagans, =2=, 384. abolished by Anan ben David, =3=, 132. =Charag=, poll-tax of the Babylonian Jews, =2=, 508. =Chares=, leader of the Zealots in Gamala, =2=, 289. =Charisi.= _See_ Jehuda Alcharisi. =Charlemagne=, predecessors of, and the Jews, =3=, 40. contributes to the advancement of the Jews, =3=, 141, 143. protects the Jews, =3=, 142. embassy of, to Haroun Alrashid, =3=, 143. oath imposed by, on Jews testifying against Christians, =3=, 144.