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Chananel ben Chushiel
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<p>Chananel ben Chushiel or Ḥananel ben Ḥushiel , an 11th-century <a href="/facts/Kairouan/1oAk8Q5d">Kairouanan</a> <a href="/facts/Rabbi/vuBf5LYj">rabbi</a> and <a href="/facts/Talmud/8416nnBV">Talmudist</a>, was in close contact with the last <a href="/facts/Geonim/X0PPcawm">Geonim</a>. He is best known for his commentary on the <a href="/facts/Talmud/8416nnBV">Talmud</a>. Chananel is often referred to as Rabbeinu Chananel – <a href="/facts/Hebrew_language/hqKCSy9d">Hebrew</a> for "our teacher, Chananel" (in Hebrew, רבנו חננאל, or abbreviated, ר"ח). </p>