Infobox ancient site name Pumbedita native name lang arc alternate name image imagealttext caption map type Iraq map alt latitude 33.351111 longitude 43.786111 map size 220 location flagicon Iraq Fallujah , Iraq region coordinates type part of length width area height builder material built abandoned epochs cultures dependency of occupants event excavations archaeologists condition ownership public access website notes Pumbedita sometimes Pumbeditha , Pumpedita , or Pumbedisa lang arc was the name of a city in ancient Babylonia close to the modern day city of Fallujah . The city had a large Jews Jewish population and was a major center of Talmud scholarship that, together with the city of Sura city Sura , gave rise to the Babylonian Talmud . The academy there was founded by Judah ben Ezekiel in the late third century. The Babylonian Talmud mentions an incident where Rav Sheishet, a famous Rabbi judge from Nehardea, uses Pumbedita as part of a jest in an argument with Rav Amram after Rav Amram made a forced argument regarding whether children can assume ownership of a father s property in a case of doubtful transference of real property rights. After Rav Amram stated his position, Rav Sheishet retorted Are you from Pumbedita, where they push an elephant through the eye of a needle? Baba Metzia , 38b As in most debates, the jest was not the end of the argument. See also Talmudic Academies in Babylonia Fallujah Pumbedita Academy Mahuza Nehardea Academy Nehardea Firuz Shapur Sura city Sura Academy Talmudic Academies in the Land of Israel Category Talmud places Category Babylonia Category Jewish Babylonian history Category Babylonian cities Iraq geo stub Jewish hist stub de Pumbedita es Pumbedita fr Poumbedita it Pumbedita he pl Pumbedita ru yi ... more details
info official name Pumbedita other name native name for cities whose native name is not in English ... code blank name blank info blank1 name blank1 info website footnotes Pumbedita Academy sometimes Pumbeditha ... Jewish academy for about 800 years, along with the Sura Academy . Pumbedita s Milestones After ... to Pumbedita city and had established a new Yeshiva there, the Pumbedita Yeshiva Academy, that was active ... the days of Hai Gaon . The city of Pumbedita was previously settled by Jews for a long time before ... Gaon , in accordance with Babylon Talmud , Tractate Rosh Hashanah Talmud Rosh Hashanah , 23b ref Pumbedita ... Pum in Aramic mouth or lips of Bedita river, and thus it was named Pumbedita . The modern day city of Fallujah stands in its place. At the time, the academies of Pumbedita and Sura city Sura became ... and other religious rulings were issued from these Yeshivas to all the Jewish diaspora . The Pumbedita ... , as well as Sherira Gaon Rav Sherira Gaon and his son Hai Gaon . The Yeshiva academy of Pumbedita ... sage Rava amora Rava , the academy of Pumbedita was relocated to Mahuza Hebrew , but after his death it was moved back to Pumbedita city. Along with the sealing of the Talmud , by Ravina II at Sura ... Talmudic academies were correspondingly active as well. One of Pumbedita s Geonim Gaon s a title for the deans ... of Babylonia . However, the academy s name remained Pumbedita academy , despite its relocation. The last blooming period for Pumbedita academy took place during the days of Sherira Gaon Rav Sherira ... Halachic issues attached were received at Pumbedita, addressed to the heads of the academy ... , the era of the Geonim has ended. Exilarch Hezekiah ben David was appointed dean of the academy of Pumbedita ... event, Hezekiah ben David was executed in torture by the Muslem caliph , and the Pumbedita academy ... ref List of Pumbedita academy s Deans Eras of the Halakha Amora era Judah ben Ezekiel the 1st Rosh yeshiva ..., and moved back to Pumbedita city after 50 years Geonim era ref name List Names The list names in accordance ... more details
For the Sixth generation Amora sage of Babylon, also Academy of Pumbedita s Dean, with a similar name, see Rafram I Rafram I Rafram b. Papa . Eras of the Halakha Rafram II lang he , read as Rafram was a Jewish Amora sage of Babylon of the seventh generation of the Amora era. He was a disciple of Rav Ashi , and a colleague of Ravina II . He headed the Pumbedita academy for ten years until his death on 443 A.D ref http www.jewishencyclopedia.com view.jsp?artid 65&letter R RAFRAM II , Jewish Encyclopedia Article ref . References reflist Amoraim Category Talmud rabbis of Babylonia Category Rabbis of Academy of Pumbedita he Judaism stub ... more details
For the 30th Exilarch Amora sage of Babylon , leader of the rebel against Kavadh I , see Mar Zutra II . For the Savora sage, son of the 30th Exilarch , see Mar Zutra III Eras of the Halakha Mar Zutra lang he was a Jewish Amora sage of Babylon , of the sixth generation of the Amora era. He was a colleague of Amemar and Rav Ashi . He headed the Yeshiva of Pumbedita , and according to the book Seder Tannaim ve Amoraim , previous to Rav Aha b. Rava . In the Iggeret Rav Sherira Gaon French version , he is not mentioned as a head of a Yeshiva , but in later sources he is noted as Mr Zutra, Head of a Yeshiva. Amoraim Category Talmud rabbis of Babylonia Category Rabbis of Academy of Pumbedita Judaism stub de Mar Sutra 6. Generation he ... more details
unreferenced date April 2010 For the Fourth generation Amora sage of the Land of Israel , see Rabbi Aha . For the Third & Fourth generation Amora sage of babylon , see Aha b. Jacob . For the Savora sage, see Ahai . Eras of the Halakha R. Aha b. Raba or R. Aha b. Rava lang he , read as Rav Achah beria DeRaba was a Jewish Amora sage of Babylon , of the sixth and seventh generation of the Amora era. He was a disciple of Rav Ashi and headed the Yeshiva of Pumbedita . References reflist Category Talmud rabbis of Babylonia Category Rabbis of Academy of Pumbedita Amoraim Judaism stub he ... more details
unreferenced date May 2010 For the 2d generetion Amoraim Amora sage of Babylon , see Hiyya b. Joseph . Eras of the Halakha Rav Yosef b. Hiyya or Rav Joseph b. Hiyya lang he , read as Rav Yosef bar hiyya Also known simply as Rav Yosef or Rav Joseph was a Jewish Amora sage of Babylon , of the third generation of the Amora era. He was a disciple of R. Judah ben Ezekiel , and R. Abaye s teacher, and a scholarly Bar Plugata opponent of Rabbah bar Nahmani Rabbah , the head of the academy of Pumbedita . Amoraim Category Talmud rabbis of Babylonia Category Rabbis of Academy of Pumbedita Judaism stub de Rab Josef fr Rav Yossef he ... more details
For the Amora sage also of Babylon , and the same Amora generation, with a similar name, see Zebid of Nehardea R. Zebid of Nehardea . Eras of the Halakha Rav Zevid or Rav Zebid lang he , read as Rav Zevid Ha Sheni , lit. Rav Zevid II was a Jewish Amora sage of Babylon of the fourth and fifth generation of the Amora era. He was a disciple of Rava amora Rava and a Bar Plugta opponent of Rav Papa . According to the Iggeret Rav Sherira Gaon , he served as head of the academy of Pumbedita . External links http www.jewishencyclopedia.com view.jsp?artid 59&letter Z ZEBID , Jewish Encyclopedia Article Amoraim DEFAULTSORT Zevid Category Talmud rabbis of Babylonia Category Rabbis of Academy of Pumbedita Judaism stub he ... more details
, begin the geonic period with the restoration of the Pumbedita academy, and to its promoter ... as the restorer of the Pumbedita Talmudical academy, and as the head of a line of teachers covering ... Geonim Category 6th century rabbis Category 7th century rabbis Category Rabbis of Academy of Pumbedita ... more details
Hezekiah Gaon or Hezekiah ben David lang he , or Hezekiah b. David was the last Gaon Hebrew Gaon of the Talmudic academies in Babylonia Talmudic academy in Pumbedita from 1038 40. Hezekiah was a member of the exilarch al family, son of David,who was son the of Zakkai,who was the son of Avraham, who was the son of Nathan, son of David a Rabbi , whose father was Hazub ref http www.angelfire.com ego et deo davidicdynasty.wps.htm ref . He was elected to the office of principal after the murder of Hai Gaon , but was denounced to a fanatical government of the Buyyids , imprisoned, and tortured to death. With him ended his family, with the exception of two sons who escaped to the Iberian Peninsula , where they found a home with Joseph ben Samuel , the son of Samuel ha Nagid . The death of Hezekiah also ended the line of the Geonim, which began four centuries before see Hanan of Iskiya , and with it the Academy of Pumbedita . The Spanish poet Hiyya al Daudi d. 1154 was descended of one of the Hezekiah s sons, named David. Bibliography Rabad, Sefer ha Kabbalah Zacuto, The book of Lineage Gans, ema Dawid, i. Gr tz, Gesch. v. 428 Jost, Gesch. der Juden und Seiner Sekten, ii. 287. References JewishEncyclopedia reflist Geonim rabbi stub Category Geonim Category 11th century rabbis Category Rabbis of Academy of Pumbedita fr Hizkiya Gaon es Ezequ as Ga n ... more details
Eras of the Halakha Rabbai of Rob lang he , read as Rav Rabbai me Rov or Hebrew , read as Rav Rabbai Deman me Rov was a Jewish Savora sage of the third generation of the Savora era. He headed the Pumbedita Yeshiva after R. Simuna died in 540 AD Hebrew calendar . He was a fellow townsmen of Rob city, nearby Nehardea . During his days, the teaching at Pumbedita was interrupted due to governmental predestinations against the Jewish community and their persecution, and thus the sages along with their pupils moved to Firuz Shapur , nearby Nehardea . Just like the rest of the Savora sages active during the Savora era, not much is known about him, since the Savora sages did not write independent works, and their annotations to the Talmud were added anonymously, without citing the name of the sage. The very few known of him or others, is based almost completely upon the Iggeret Rav Sherira Gaon . External links http www.jewishencyclopedia.com view.jsp?artid 8&letter R&search Rabbai 20of 20Rob RABAI OF ROB , Jewish Encyclopedia Article. Savoraim DEFAULTSORT Rabbai Of Rob Category Rabbis of Academy of Pumbedita Category Savoraim Judaism stub he ... more details
Hezekiah was a king of Judah. Hezekiah may also refer to Hezekiah Khazar , a 9th century Khazar ruler Hezekiah rapper , American rapper who toured with IMAKEMADBEATS People with the name Hezekiah Gaon , last Gaon of the Yeshiva of Pumbedita 1038 1040 Hezekiah Niles , 19th century American newspaperman Chaim Hezekiah Medini , a rabbi who worked among the Krymchaks Hezekiah Linthicum Bateman , 19th century American actor Hezekiah Bradley Smith , American politician and bigamist Hezekiah Ochuka , ruler of Kenya for six hours in 1982 Disambiguation given name ... more details
Naresh was a city in Babylonia , situated near Sura city Sura on a canal. It may be identical with the city of Nahras or Nahar Sar on the Tigris , and is mentioned together with Ma uza , Safonia , and Pumbedita , although it must not be inferred that these cities were near one another. References JewishEncyclopedia coord missing Iraq Category Babylonia Category Former populated places in Iraq he Iraq stub ... more details
about the rabbi the settlement in Estonia Simuna, Estonia the village in Finland Simuna, Finland Eras of the Halakha R. Simuna or Semona ref name JE http www.jewishencyclopedia.com view.jsp?artid 811&letter S&search Simuna SIMUNA SEMONA , Jewish Encyclopedia Article ref , or Simona ref http www.jewishencyclopedia.com view.jsp?artid 8&letter R&search simona RABAI OF ROB , Jewish Encyclopedia Article ref , lang he , read as Rav Simuna Alternative Hebrew spelling , , , was a Jewish Savora sage of the second generation of the Savora era. He headed the Pumbedita Yeshiva parallelly to Rav Ena running the Sura city Sura academy, and both committed the Talmud to writing ref name JE . Some scholars identify him with Rav Giza . Died in year 540 Hebrew calendar . References reflist Savoraim Category Rabbis of Academy of Pumbedita Category Savoraim he Judaism stub ... more details
Mar Isaac ref name JE http www.jewishencyclopedia.com view.jsp?artid 168&letter F FIRUZ SHABUR , jewishencyclopedia.com Article ref Hebrew ref name Iggeret Iggeret Rav Sherira Gaon ref , or ref name Iggeret , or merely was a Geonim Gaon of the Yeshiva academy of Firuz Shapur in Babylon , during the transition period between the Savora Jewish sages and the Geonim . The academy in Firuz Shapur functioned for several generations as a third Yeshiva academy in Babylon, in parallel to the Pumbedita Academy Pumbedita and Sura Academy Sura Yeshiva academies. Mar Isaac was the last Dean of the Yeshiva academy in Firuz Shapur. During the times Babylon was conquered by the Muslims, Mar Isaac came with 90,000 Jews to meet the conqueror, Ali Ibn Abi Talib , and was received in a friendly manner ref name JE . References reflist geonim Category Geonim he rabbi stub ... more details
Dodai ben Nahman Hebrew or Rav Dorai , Hebrew was a History of the Jews in Iraq Babylonian Jewish scholar of the eighth century CE and Gaon Hebrew gaon of the Talmudic academies in Babylonia Talmudic academy at Pumbedita 761&ndash 764 . Little is known of his life. He was a brother of the famous Judah ben Nahman , gaon at Sura city Sura 759&ndash 762 , and with him was instrumental in preventing the eventual founder of Karaism , Anan ben David from succeeding to the exilarchate made vacant by the death of Solomon ben Hasdai exilarch Solomon ben Hasdai and Isaac Iskoy ben Solomon , Anan s kinsmen. References http www.jewishencyclopedia.com view.jsp?artid 410&letter D&search Dodai Ginzberg, Louis and S. Mendelsohn. Dodai ben Nahman . Jewish Encyclopedia . Funk and Wagnalls, 1901 1906, which contains the following bibliography Sherira Gaon , Iggerot Heinrich Graetz Gr tz , Gesch . v. 176, 418 Halevy, Dorot ha Rishonim , iii. 81a, 102a. Geonim DEFAULTSORT Dodai Ben Nahman Category Geonim Category Iraqi Jews Category 8th century rabbis Category Rabbis of Academy of Pumbedita he ... more details
For the Amora sage of Babylonia , of the first Amora generation, see Rav Kahana I . br For the Amora sage of Babylonia , of the second Amora generation, see Rav Kahana II br For the Amora sage of Babylonia , of the third Amora generation, see Rav Kahana III . Eras of the Halakha Rav Kahana IV Hebrew Was a Jewish Amora sage of Babylon , of the fifth and sixth generation of the Amora sages. He was the cousin of R. Ashi and served as the Dean of the Pumbedita Academy Yeshiva from 395 , Hebrew calender until 412 , Hebrew calender . Despite benig of the same generation of Rav Papa and Huna b. Joshua , he did not in have a study relations with them ref Babylonian Talmud , Tractate Shabbat Talmud Shabbat , 89a ref . He debated Rav Ashi on issues of the Halakha ref Babylon Talmud, Tractate Berakhot Talmud Berakhot , 24a Babylonian Talmud, Tractate Menachot , 106a ref . References reflist Amoraim rabbi stub Category Talmud rabbis of Babylonia Category Rabbis of Academy of Pumbedita he ... more details
Solomon the exilarch ruled from 730 to 761 . He was the eldest son of the exilarch asdai I . In consequence of a dearth of teachers, he found it necessary to install as head of the Academy of Sura a scholar from Pumbedita , though this was contrary to traditional usage. According to Gr tz , this scholar was Mar ben Samuel according to Weiss, Mar Rab Judah ben Rab Na man . The fact that Solomon was childless rendered possible the rise to influence of Anan ben David , the founder of the Karaite sect. External links http www.jewishencyclopedia.com view.jsp?artid 912&letter S Source JewishEncyclopedia Solomon the Exilarch Category Exilarchs ... more details
Hanan is a name of Hebrew language Hebrew origin of the meaning God is gracious , gracious gift of God . In Hebrew it is a masculine name, and in Arabic a feminine one. The name John first name John is speculated to derive, via Latin and Greek, from the Hebrew name Yochanan meaning Yahweh is gracious . Persons Hanan ben Hanan , a Herodian era High Priest of Israel in Jerusalem Hanan of Iskiya , a rector of the Talmudical academy at Pumbedita Josiah Hanan , a New Zealand politician, father of Ralph Hanan Mor Avi Hanan , an Israeli footballer Ralph Hanan , a New Zealand politician, son of Josiah Hanan Other meanings Hanan grid , a geometrical construction Hanan International Airport Hanan Shield , a prestigious trophy in New Zealand s domestic rugby union competition a moiety within the Inca civilization an era within the Chinese Han Dynasty the Hanan Revolution within the fictional Alliance Union universe a 2004 film under the direction of Makrand Deshpande See also Hamam disambiguation Haman disambiguation Baal hanan Hannan disambiguation disambig ... more details
For the third generation Amora sage, see Abbahu . Eras of the Halakha Samuel b. Abbahu lang he , Rav Shmuel Beria DeRav Abbahu , or , read as Rav Shmuel Bar Rabbah was a Jewish Amora sage of the eighth and last generation of the Amora era, and of the first generation of the Savora sages era. His colleague and Bar Plugata opponent was R. Ahai , and they are recorded on the Babylon Talmud on two halkha ic matters. ref B. Talmud , Tractate chullin , 59b Tractate, Avodah Zarah , 71 Rishonim version & Dikdukei Sofrim ref He was the son of Rav Abbahu not to be confused with R. Abbahu , an Amora of the third generation , who was one of the sages of Pumbedita , at the end of the Amor era. References reflist Savoraim DEFAULTSORT Samuel b. Abbahu Category Talmud rabbis of Babylonia Category Savoraim Judaism stub he ... more details
For the Amora sage, see Rab Ena . Eras of the Halakha Rav Ena lang he , read as Rav Ena was a Jewish Savora sage of the second generation of the Savora era. He headed the Sura city Sura academy and was a counterpart of R. Simuna , head of the Yeshiva in Pumbedita . According to the Iggeret Rav Sherira Gaon , R. Ena and R. Simuna added on anonymous annotations to the Babylon ian Talmud , during the process of the Savora arrangement of the Talmud , that included adding additional clarification and Halkha ic rulings. Some scholars identify him with Rav Giza ref http www.jewishencyclopedia.com view.jsp?artid 251&letter G&search Ena GIZA GIZAI , Jewish Encyclopedia Article ref . Died in year 540 AD Hebrew calendar . References reflist Savoraim Category Rabbis of Academy of Sura Category Savoraim Judaism stub he ... more details
For the Amora sage of the Land of Israel , of the 3d Amora Generation, see Rabbi Hiyya b. Abba . br For the Amora sage of Babylon , of the 2nd and 3d Amora Generation, and Dean of the Pumbedita Academy , see Huna b. Hiyya . Eras of the Halakha Rabbi Hiyya or Hiyya the Great Hebrew , or was a Jewish sage of the Land of Israel during the transitional generation between the Tannaim Tannaic and Amora ic Jewish sages eras 1st Amora Generation . He is accounted as one of the notable sages of these times, ref According to Rashi in the Babylon Talmud , Tractate Kethuboth , 62b, he descended from Jesse , the father of King David and not from King David himself, and thus Judah haNasi did not engage in the arrangements for the marriage with him ref and was the son of Abba Karsala from Kafri in Babylon . ref Babylon Talmud , Tractate Sanhedrin Talmud Sanhedrin , 5a ref References reflist Amoraim DEFAULTSORT Hiyya The Great Category Talmud rabbis of the Land of Israel rabbi stub he ... more details
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