Wikipedia's first sentence called it “jewish sage”. Today it says “amora who lived in the 3rd century”.
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Rabbi Yannai (or Rabbi Jannai ; , read as Rabbi Yannai ) was a Jewish sage, living during the first half of the 3rd century, and of the first generation of the Amora sages of the Land of Israel .1He was a disciple of R. Judah haNasi - the sealer of the Mishnah . Yannai founded a Beth midrash in 'Akbara that was located, at the time, nearby Safed in the Upper Galilee , where he taught the Torah , and at the same time served as a dayan , religious judge, on the Beth din , rabbinacal court in Sepphoris community. Among his disciplinces one can note: Abba Arika - Author of "Sefer" and "Sifri"; Yochanan bar Nafcha - One of the authors of the Jerusalem Talmud , Shimon ben Lakish , and more. Yannai is one of the descendants of Eli Ha-Kohen . His name is mentioned in the Babylonian Talmud 176 times, and in the Jerusalem Talmud 254 times.2
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The opening as it stood in 2010
Jannai ; , read as Rabbi Yannai ) was a Jewish sage, living during the first half of the 3d Century, and of the first generation of the Amora sages of the Land of Israel . He was a discipline of R. Judah haNasi - the sealer of the Mishnah . Yannai founded a Beth midrash in 'Akbara that was located, at the time, nearby Safed in the Upper Galilee , where he taught the Torah , and at the same time served as a dayan , religious judge, on the Beth din , rabbinacal court in Sepphoris community. Among his disciplinces one can note: Abba Arika - Author of "Sefer" and "Sifri"; Yochanan bar Nafcha - One of the authors of the Jerusalem Talmud , Shimon ben Lakish , and more. Yannai is one of the descendants of Eli Ha-Kohen . His name is mentioned in the Babylonian Talmud 176 times, and in the Jerusalem Talmud 254 times.
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Rabbi Yannai (or Rabbi Jannai ; ) was an amora who lived in the 3rd century, and of the first generation of the Amoraim of the Land of Israel .
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
Rabbi Yannai (or Rabbi Jannai ; ) was an amora who lived in the 3rd century, and of the first generation of the Amoraim of the Land of Israel .
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The opening as it stood in 2025
Rabbi Yannai (or Rabbi Jannai ; Hebrew : רבי ינאי ) was an amora who lived in the 3rd century, and of the first generation of the Amoraim of the Land of Israel .
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jewish sage
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amora who lived in the 3rd century
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