Abba Saul

In the story where Abba Saul prepared the bread in "Rabbi's" house,[5] the reference must be to the house of the patriarch R. Simeon ben Gamaliel II not to that of R. Judah haNasi.

[8] Abba Saul devoted himself assiduously to the study of the mode of worship in the Temple.

[9] He also made a collection of mishnayot which in many respects differed from others; this collection has partly been preserved in the present Mishnah, whose redactor, Judah haNasi, occasionally made use of some passages in it which were at variance with other mishnaic compilations.

He demanded that a man perform yibbum solely for the sake of the mitzvah, and not for any other reason such as the sister-in-law's beauty.

He explains the word anvehu[11] as though it were composed of ani and vehu, and interprets it as meaning that man must endeavor to imitate God and, like Him, show charity and benevolence.