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Abba ; Hebrew : רב ירמיה בר אבא ) was a second generation Jewish Babylonian Amora sage (Around the midst of the 3rd century). He was the pupil of the famous Amora R.1 He is cited many times in the Jerusalem Talmud , where he is mentioned simply as R. Some are in the opinion that he was also called R.2Abba | רב ירמיה בר אבא , sages of the talmud | חכמי התלמוד The identety of the personas is proven in comparison between the Babylonian Talmud , Shabbat , 12b, and its equivalent in the Jerusalem Talmud , Tractate Shabbat, 1:3 Sefer Yuhasin3
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Jeremiah bar Abba (or Rav Yirmeyah bar Abba ; Hebrew : רב ירמיה בר אבא ) was a Babylonian rabbi who lived around the mid-3rd century (second generation of amoraim ).He is cited many times in the Jerusalem Talmud , where he is mentioned simply as Rav Jeremiah , without his patronymic name.Some identify Jeremiah bar Abba with Jeremiah Rabbah (Rabbah = "the Great") , a sage who lived in Basra .According to this assertion he also lived in Basra.Abba | רב ירמיה בר אבא , sages of the talmud | חכמי התלמוד The identity of the two is proven in comparison between the Babylonian Talmud , Shabbat 12b, and its equivalent in the Jerusalem Talmud , Shabbat 1:3.
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Jeremiah bar Abba (or Rav Yirmeyah bar Abba ; Hebrew : רב ירמיה בר אבא ) was a Babylonian rabbi who lived around the mid-3rd century (second generation of amoraim ). He is cited many times in the Jerusalem Talmud , where he is mentioned simply as Rav Jeremiah , without his patronymic name. Some identify Jeremiah bar Abba with Jeremiah Rabbah (Rabbah = "the Great"), a sage who lived in Basra . According to this assertion he also lived in Basra. Abba | רב ירמיה בר אבא , sages of the talmud | חכמי התלמוד The identity of the two is proven in comparison between the Babylonian Talmud , Shabbat 12b, and its equivalent in the Jerusalem Talmud , Shabbat 1:3.
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Babylonian rabbi (mid-3rd century) Not to be confused with Jeremiah ben Abba . Jeremiah bar Abba (or Rav Yirmeyah bar Abba ; Hebrew : רב ירמיה בר אבא ) was a Babylonian rabbi who lived around the mid-3rd century (second generation of amoraim ). He is cited many times in the Jerusalem Talmud , where he is mentioned simply as Rav Jeremiah , without his patronymic name. Some identify Jeremiah bar Abba with Jeremiah Rabbah (Rabbah = "the Great"), a sage who lived in Basra . According to this assertion he also lived in Basra. Abba | רב ירמיה בר אבא , sages of the talmud | חכמי התלמוד The identity of the two is proven in comparison between the Babylonian Talmud , Shabbat 12b, and its equivalent in the Jerusalem Talmud , Shabbat 1:3.
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