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Samuel ben Nahman ( ) or Samuel [bar] Nahmani ( ) was a rabbi of the Talmud , known as an amora , who lived in the Land of Israel from the beginning of the 3rd century until the beginning of the 4th century.1He was a pupil of R. Jonathan ben Eleazar ( Pes. 24a) and one of the most famous haggadists of his time ( Yer. Teh. to Ps. ix. 2). He was a native of the Land of Israel and may have known the patriarch Judah I ( Gen R. ix.). It appears that he went to Babylon in his youth but soon returned to Israel ( Sanh. 96b).2
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Samuel ben Nahman ( ) or Samuel Nahmani was a rabbi of the Talmud , known as an amora , who lived in the Land of Israel from the beginning of the 3rd century until the beginning of the 4th century. He was a pupil of R. Jonathan ben Eleazar ( Pes. 24a) and one of the most famous haggadists of his time ( Yer. Teh. to Ps. ix. 2). He was a native of the Land of Israel and may have known the patriarch Judah I ( Gen R. ix.). It appears that he went to Babylon in his youth but soon returned to Palestine ( Sanh. 96b).
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Samuel ben Nahman ( ) or Samuel [bar] Nahmani ( ) was a rabbi of the Talmud , known as an amora , who lived in the Land of Israel from the beginning of the 3rd century until the beginning of the 4th century.
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Jewish religious figure Samuel ben Nahman ( Hebrew : שמואל בן נחמן ), or Samuel [bar] Nahmani ( Hebrew : שמואל [בר] נחמני ), was a rabbi and amora mentioned throughout the Talmud and Midrashic literature who lived in the Land of Israel from the beginning of the 3rd century CE until the start of the 4th century CE.
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rabbi of the talmud
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rabbi and amora mentioned throughout the talmud and midrashic until the start of the 4th century ce
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