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of the fourth and fifth generation of the Amora era.

Biography

He was a disciple of Rava and a scholarly opponent of

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. According to the ''Iggeret Rav

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'', he served as head of the academy of

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. He was a contemporary of

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, whose halakhot he transmitted, and of whom he was perhaps a pupil. He also transmitted the halakhot of Rava and

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. but he particularly preferred the decisions of Abaye, and it is narrated that his adherence to Abaye caused his death. When the people of the

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once questioned R. Hiyya Parwa'ah regarding a certain halakhah, he answered that

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and

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had interpreted it, while R. Johanan had decided to the contrary, and that as the authorities thus stood two to one, the law would have to be interpreted according to the majority. Zebid said, however, "Do not listen to him, for Abaye decided according to R. Johanan"; whereupon the people of the exilarch forced Zebid to drink a cup of vinegar, which caused his death. R. Ḥinena b. R. Iḳa is recorded as his opponent in halakhic decisions. Zebid particularly explained to his pupils the baraitot of R. Hoshaiah or Oshaya."bi-debe R. Osha'ya"; Avodah Zarah 6b, 56a; Bava Metzia 92b; et passim

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Talmud rabbis of Babylonia Rabbis of Academy of Pumbedita 385 deaths {{MEast-rabbi-stub