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Rav Chisda
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Rav Ḥisda ( ) was a Jewish Talmudist who lived in Kafri , Asoristan in Lower Mesopotamia near what is now the city of Najaf , Iraq. He was an amora of the third generation (died c. 320 CE at the age of ninety-two ), and is mentioned frequently in the Talmud . = 308-309; Sherira Gaon, in Neubauer, "M.
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