Rabbi Hiyya (Hebrew: רבי חייא) was a rabbi and Jewish religious scholar of the Mishnaic period. Active in Tiberias, Hiyya was the primary compiler of the "tosefta." He was the uncle of Abba Arika. Hiyya was an "amora" of priestly descent. In the Jerusalem Talmud he is also called Ḥiyya bar Ba or Ḥiyya bar Wa (Yer. Wikipedia
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