פירוש על עבודה זרה 35:7

Hanina seems totally indifferent to his fate. I read in these lines some criticism of R. Hanina. R. Hanina’s answer strikes even R. Yose b. Kisma as ridiculous.

Hanina’s willingness to pay tzedakah money out of his own pocket is what gets him a place in the world to come. Note, it is not his study of Torah or his willingness to die that allows him into the world to come. It is his good deeds. Again, I think there is some criticism here of the rabbinic movement.