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Abba bar Abba ( Aramic : אבא בר אבא , or Father of Samuel , Aramic : אבוה דשמואל ; Cited in the Jerusalem Talmud as Abba bar Ba , Aramic : אבא בר בא ) was a Jewish Talmudist who lived in Babylonia , known as an amora of the 2nd and 3rd centuries, distinguished for piety, benevolence, and learning.1He is known chiefly through his son Samuel of Nehardea , principal of the Academy of Nehardea , and is nearly always referred to as "Samuel's father." Abba traveled to Palestine , where he entered into relations with R. Judah I , the patriarch, with whose pupil Levi bar Sisi he was on terms of intimate friendship. When Levi died Abba delivered the funeral oration and glorified the memory of his friend.2
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Abba bar Abba or Father of Samuel was a Jewish Talmudist who lived in Babylonia , known as an amora of the 2nd and 3rd centuries, distinguished for piety, benevolence, and learning. He is known chiefly through his son Samuel of Nehardea , principal of the Academy of Nehardea , and is nearly always referred to as "Samuel's father." Abba traveled to Palestine , where he entered into relations with R. Judah I , the patriarch, with whose pupil Levi bar Sisi he was on terms of intimate friendship. When Levi died Abba delivered the funeral oration and glorified the memory of his friend.
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Abba bar Abba ( Aramic : אבא בר אבא , or Father of Samuel , Aramic : אבוה דשמואל ; Cited in the Jerusalem Talmud as Abba bar Ba , Aramic : אבא בר בא ) was a Jewish Talmudist who lived in Babylonia in the 2nd-3rd centuries (first generation of amoraim ).
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2nd/3rd century Babylonian Jewish Talmudist Abba bar Abba ( Aramic : אבא בר אבא , or Father of Samuel , Aramic : אבוה דשמואל ; Cited in the Jerusalem Talmud as Abba bar Ba , Aramic : אבא בר בא ) was a Jewish Talmudist who lived in Babylonia in the 2nd-3rd centuries (first generation of amoraim ).
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2nd/3rd century Babylonian Jewish Talmudist Abba bar Abba ( Aramic : אבא בר אבא , or Father of Samuel , Aramic : אבוה דשמואל ; Cited in the Jerusalem Talmud as Abba bar Ba , Aramic : אבא בר בא ) was a Jewish Talmudist who lived in Babylonia in the 2nd–3rd centuries (first generation of amoraim ).
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