Rabbi Mana II (Recorded in the

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as R. Mani) was an '' Amora'' of the

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, of the fifth generation of the Amora era. He was the son of

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, and headed the

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. He is cited mostly in the

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. The Jerusalem Talmud (Sanhedrin 3:5) records that R. Mana instructed the bakers of Sepphoris to bake bread (either on the Sabbath or Passover) when a certain ''Proqla'' arrived. This individual should be identified with

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, who was governor of Palestine in c. 380. This would indicate that the Jerusalem Talmud was completed after this time.

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