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{{Short description|Rabbi (died ca. 350)}}
{{distinguish|Hoshaiah Rabbah|Abba Hoshaya of Turya}}
'''Hoshaiah''' or '''Oshaya''' (Also spelled: '''Oshaia'''; {{Langx|tmr|אושעיא}}{{lrm}}, {{Langx|he|הושעיה}}; died ca. 350 CE) was an [[amoraim|amora]] of the 3rd and 4th generations in [[Rabbinic Judaism]].

==Biography==
His colleague [[Hanina]] was his brother according to [[Sanh.|Sanhedrin]] 14a;<ref>{{Cite wikisource|סנהדרין יד א|wslanguage=he}}</ref> see [[Maharsha]], ''Ḥiddushe Agadot,'' ad loc.<ref>{{Cite book|author=Maharsha|author-link=Maharsha|title=Ḥiddushe Agadot|script-title=he: חדושי אגדות מהרש"א|url=https://beta.hebrewbooks.org/reader/reader.aspx?sfid=14302#p=258&fitMode=fitwidth&hlts=&ocr=|language=he|publisher=[[Vilna Edition Shas]]|access-date=Mar 30, 2025}}</ref> They were lineal descendants from [[Eli the priest]], which circumstance they assigned as reason for [[Johanan bar Nappaha]]'s failure to ordain them. To make a living, they were [[shoemaker]]s.<ref name=JE/> The [[Talmud]] in Sanhedrin 67b, when dealing with the laws differentiating magic as [[magic (illusion)|illusion]] and as [[magic (paranormal)|wizardry]], refers to Hoshaiah and Hanina as [[rabbi]]s, stating that the two of them produced magic while occupying themselves with the "laws of ''[[Sefer Yetzirah|Yetzirah]]''.<ref>{{Cite wikisource|סנהדרין סז ב|wslanguage=he}}</ref>

Hoshaiah and Hanina are also mentioned in connection with a [[thermae]], the ownership of which was contested by two persons, one of whom turned over the property as ''heqdesh'' (for sacred use), causing Hoshaiah, Hanina, and other rabbis to leave it according to [[Bava Metziah]] 6b.<ref name=JE/>

According to the [[Jerusalem Talmud]] in [[Avodah Zarah]], Chapter 3, page 42c,<ref>{{Cite book|chapter=Avodah Zarah, Chapter 3|chapter-url=https://beta.hebrewbooks.org/reader/reader.aspx?sfid=45298#p=511&fitMode=fitwidth&hlts=&ocr=|title=Jerusalem Talmud|title-link=Jerusalem Talmud|language=he|publication-place=Venice|publisher=[[Daniel Bomberg]]|page=42c|access-date=Apr 6, 2025}}</ref> on the day Hoshaiah died, the largest [[date palm]] in [[Tiberias]] was uprooted and fell.<ref name=JE>{{JewishEncyclopedia|url=http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?letter=H&artid=928|article=Hoshaiah|inline=1}} It has the following bibliography:
*Yuḥasin. ed. [[Herschell Filipowski|Filipowski]], p.&nbsp;118, London, 1857;
*[[Heilprin, Seder ha-Dorot]], ii.36, Warsaw, 1878;
*[[Frankel, Mebo]], p.&nbsp;75, Breslau, 1870;
*Jolles, Bet Wa'ad, p.&nbsp;20a, Cracow, 1884;
*Bacher, ''Ag. Pal. Amor.'' iii.565.
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==Modern figures by this name==

Since the late twentieth century, a Jewish illusionist has performed under the name '''Oshaya the Seer''', inspired by the famous [[Amoraim|amora]] known for his association with the magical arts. By late 2023, an artists’ collective had emerged from the work of this conjurer. <ref>[https://twitter.com/Osh_aya/status/1739772487154459079 Artist Collective Oshaya Oumana]</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:350s deaths]]
[[Category:Talmud rabbis of Syria Palaestina]]
[[Category:4th-century rabbis]]
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