Abba bar Pappai was a
rabbi
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of the
Land of Israel
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who died in 375 (fourth generation of
amoraim
''Amoraim'' ( , singular ''Amora'' ; "those who say" or "those who speak over the people", or "spokesmen") refers to Jewish scholars of the period from about 200 to 500 CE, who "said" or "told over" the teachings of the Oral Torah. They were p ...
).
As the second link in the transmission by tradition of
Levi II's aggadic sayings, he is generally mentioned together with
Joshua of Sikhnin, who was the first link. He addressed halakhic questions to Jose and Mani the son of Jonah, who in turn placed halakhic problems before him.
[Yerushalmi Shabbat 3 5d]
References
Talmud rabbis of Syria Palaestina
Jews and Judaism in the Roman Empire
Year of birth unknown
375 deaths
4th-century rabbis
Ancient Jewish scholars
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