Chanina ben Teradion
60 CE–135 CE · Tannaim · Siknin
Rabbi Chanina ben Teradion was a second-generation Tanna who lived during the Roman persecutions following the Bar Kokhba Revolt. He was active in Siknin and became known for his devotion to public teaching and the dissemination of Torah. Chanina was famous for his commitment to studying and teaching Torah publicly, even in defiance of Roman decrees that forbade such activity. He was martyred by the Romans, wrapped in a Torah scroll and burned alive—a death that became emblematic of Jewish suffering and martyrdom in Talmudic memory. His willingness to sacrifice his life for the sake of Torah teaching made him one of the Ten Martyrs celebrated in Jewish tradition.
אני יודע שאני הולך לעונש, שאני עוסק בדברים אלו“I know that I am going to my punishment, for I am engaged in these things”
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SikninTalmudic-era settlement
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About Siknin
Siknin (Sikhnin; today Sakhnin in the Lower Galilee, northern Israel) was a Jewish town in the Roman-Talmudic period, counted among the Galilean settlements noted in rabbinic sources. It is associated in tradition with the tanna Rabbi Chanina ben Teradion, one of the Ten Martyrs.
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