Hoshaiah or Oshaya (Hebrew: אושעיא, הושעיה) was a Palestinian amora of the 3rd and 4th amoraic generations. It is supposed that his colleague Ḥanina was his brother (Sanh. 14a; see Edels, "Ḥiddushe Agadot," ad loc.). They were lineal descendants from Eli the priest, which circumstance they assigned as reason for Johanan's failure to ordain them. For a living they plied the shoemaker's trade. Wikipedia
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