Rav Aha bar Jacob (or R. Aha bar Ya'akov; ) was a
Babylonia
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n rabbi of the third and fourth generations of
Amoraim
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.
He was one of the disciples of
Rav Huna. He was also one of the prominent
Jewish
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leaders of
Papunia. In the
Talmud
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it is said that he was a man of great piety and a great scholar.
Sukkah
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38; Erubin 63
References
Talmud rabbis of Babylonia
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