Abbahu was a Jewish Talmudist, known as an amora, who lived in the Land of Israel, of the 3rd amoraic generation, sometimes cited as R. Abbahu of Caesarea (Ḳisrin).
Johanan bar Nappaha was a leading rabbi in the early era of the Talmud. He was an amora of the second generation.
Hiyya bar Abba or Rabbi Hiyya was a third generation amoraic sage of the Land of Israel, of priestly descent, who flourished at the end of the third century.
Ulla or 'Ulla was a Jewish Talmudist and one of the leading Halakhic amoraim in the Land of Israel during the late 3rd and early 4th centuries CE.
Rabbi Ammi, Aimi, Immi is the name of several Jewish Talmudists, known as amoraim, who lived in the Land of Israel and Babylonia. In the Babylonian Talmud the first form only is used; in the Jerusalem Talmud all three forms appear, Immi predominating, and sometimes R. Ammi is contracted into "Rabmi" or "Rabbammi".
Assi II was a Jewish Talmudist of the 3rd and 4th centuries who lived in the Land of Israel. He is known by the name of Yessa in the Jerusalem Talmud.
The Talmudic Academies in Syria Palaestina were yeshivot that served as centers for Jewish scholarship and the development of Jewish law in Syria Palaestina between the destruction of the Second Temple circa 70 CE and the deposition of Raban Gamliel VI circa 425 CE. The academies a great and lasting impact on the development of world Jewry, including the creation of the Jerusalem Talmud. Land of Israel is a religious name for the region which during the Talmudic period was officially known as Syria Palaestina and Palaestina Prima / Palaestina Secunda.
Jose ben Saul was a Jewish rabbi who lived in Galilee in the third century CE. He is considered an amora of the first generation after the codification of the Mishnah. Jose is known chiefly as a transmitter of the sayings and traditions of the patriarch Judah ha-Nasi, whose disciple he was. These as well as his own sayings are further transmitted by Joshua ben Levi and by Hiyya ben Gamda. In one place the following order is given: Simon ben Pazzi says in the name of Joshua ben Levi in the name of Rabbi Jose ben Saul in the name of Judah ha-Nasi in the name of the holy assembly of Jerusalem. The Jerusalem Talmud has preserved only one anecdote of his in the Aramaic. His brothers were Johanan ben Saul and Halafta ben Saul, with the former of whom he used to hold halakhic controversies.
Johanan ben Baroka was a second and third generation Jewish Tanna sage.
Rabbi Yannai was an amora who lived in the 3rd century, and of the first generation of the Amoraim of the Land of Israel.
Rav Kahana (III) was a Jewish Amora sage of Babylon, of the third and fourth generation of the Amora sages, and headed the Yeshiva of Pum-Nahara.
Pumbedita Academy was a yeshiva in Babylon during the era of the Amoraim and Geonim sages. It was founded by Judah bar Ezekiel and, with the Sura Academy founded in 225 by Abba Arika, was an influential and dominant yeshiva for about 800 years.
Hiyya, or Hiyya the Great, was a Jewish sage in the Land of Israel during the transitional generation between the Tannaic and Amoraic eras. Active in Tiberias, Hiyya was the primary compiler of the Tosefta. His full name is Hiyya bar Abba, also the name of the 3rd generation Amora of the Land of Israel, Hiyya bar Abba. He was a student of Judah haNasi, and uncle and teacher of Rav.
Hiyya b. Abin Naggara was a Jewish Babylonian Amora sage of the fourth generation of the Amoraic era. He was the son of R. Abin Naggara, whose livelihood was a carpenter, and used to observe all the commandments related to lighting a candle. In that conjunction, it is storied that Rav Huna was accustomed frequently to pass the door of R. Abin the carpenter, and when seeing the observamce of Shabbat candles he remarked that "Two great men will issue hence", since it is stated that "He who habitually practises [the lighting of] the lamp will possess scholarly sons", and indeed he had Hiyya and Idi b. Abin Naggara.
Rav Jeremiah b. Abba was a second generation Jewish Babylonian Amora sage. He was the pupil of the famous Amora R. Abba Arika. He is cited many times in the Jerusalem Talmud, where he is mentioned simply as R. Jeremiah, without his patronymic name. Some are in the opinion that he was also called R. Jeremiah Rabbah.
R. Hiyya b. Joseph was an Amora sage of Babylon of the second generation (3rd-century) of the Amoraic era. He studied under the most prominent sages of the Amoraim, R. Abba Arika ("Rav"), and Samuel of Nehardea, and later made Aliyah to the Land of Israel and studied under R. Yochanan bar Nafcha and Shimon ben Lakish.
Hiyya b. Ashi was a second and third generation Amora sage of Babylon. In his youth he studied under Abba Arika, and served as his janitor.
Rabbi Isaac Nappaha, or Isaac the smith, was a rabbi of the 3rd-4th centuries who lived in the Galilee.
Rav Shmuel bar Rav Yitzchak, or Samuel bar Isaac, was a rabbi from the third generation of amoraim. He lived in Babylonia and eventually moved to the Land of Israel. Along with Rabbi Zeira, he was consider one of the greatest rabbis in the Land of Israel.
Rabbi Abba bar Kahana was an amora of the 3th generation.
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Isidore Singer was an editor of The Jewish Encyclopedia and founder of the American League for the Rights of Man.
The Jewish Encyclopedia: A Descriptive Record of the History, Religion, Literature, and Customs of the Jewish People from the Earliest Times to the Present Day is an English-language encyclopedia containing over 15,000 articles on the history, culture, and state of Judaism up to the early-20th century. The encyclopedia's managing editor was Isidore Singer and the editorial board was chaired by Isaac K. Funk and Frank H. Vizetelly.
