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Sama bar Raqta
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Sama bar Raqta (רב סמא בר רקתא) was a Babylonian Rabbi, of the sixth generation of amoraim . He was a contemporary of Ravina I , with whom he disputed concerning a halakhah , and to whom he communicated a saying of Rab Awia . He is probably identical with the Rav Sama who sat before Rav Ashi with Ravina.
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jewish talmudist who lived in babylonia
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babylonian rabbi
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