▁wife ▁of ▁his ▁brother ▁who ▁had ▁died ▁child less ; ▁she ▁bore ▁him ▁five ▁sons : ▁I sh ma el , ▁Ele azar , ▁Men ah em , ▁Hal aft a ▁( who ▁died ▁in ▁his ▁lifetime ), ▁and ▁E ude mus . ▁ ▁He ▁exempl ified ▁Ab t alion ' s ▁dict um , ▁" L ove ▁work "; ▁for ▁he ▁was ▁a ▁t anner , ▁a ▁trade ▁then ▁commonly ▁held ▁in ▁cont empt . ▁ ▁Te ach ings ▁ ▁Hal ak ha ▁ ▁His ▁legal ▁dec isions ▁are ▁mentioned ▁throughout ▁the ▁greater ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁M ish nah , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁in ▁the ▁Bar ait a ▁and ▁S if ra . ▁The ▁Bab yl onian ▁Tal m ud ▁says ▁that ▁in ▁a ▁dispute ▁between ▁Rab bi ▁Jose ▁b . ▁Hal aft a ▁and ▁Rab bi ▁Sh imon ▁Bar ▁Y och ai , ▁the ▁hal ak ha ▁follows ▁Rab bi ▁Jose ▁b . ▁Hal aft a . ▁So , ▁too , ▁in ▁any ▁dispute ▁between ▁himself ▁and ▁his ▁colle agues , ▁Rab bi ▁Ye h uda ▁b . ▁' I la i ▁and ▁Rab bi ▁Me ir , ▁the ▁rule ▁of ▁practice ▁is ▁in ▁accord ance ▁with ▁Rab bi ▁Jose . ▁ ▁His ▁teaching ▁was ▁very ▁system atic . ▁He ▁was ▁opposed ▁to ▁controvers y , ▁declaring ▁that ▁the ▁ant agon ism ▁between ▁the ▁schools ▁of ▁Sh amma i ▁and ▁H ille l ▁made ▁it ▁seem ▁as ▁if ▁there ▁were ▁two ▁Tor ah s . ▁For ▁the ▁most ▁part , ▁Jose