Rav Kahana, a name alluding to several Babylonian
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 ...
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Rav Kahana I
''Rav'' (or ''Rab'', Modern Hebrew: ) is the Hebrew generic term for a person who teaches Torah or is a Jewish spiritual guide or a rabbi. For example, Pirkei Avot (in the Talmud) states (1:6) that:
The term ''rav'' is also Hebrew for ''rabbi ...
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Rav Kahana II ''For other Amoraic sages of Babylonia with the name "Rav Kahana", see Rav Kahana.''
Rav Kahana (II) (, read as ''Rav Kahana (Ha-sheni)'', lit. "Rabbi Kahana (II)"; recorded in the Talmud merely as ''Rav Kahana'') was an '' Amora'' of the second g ...
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Rav Kahana III
''For other Amoraic sages of Babylonia with the name "Rav Kahana", see Rav Kahana.''
Rav Kahana (III) (, read as ''Rav Kahana Me-Pum-Nahara'', lit. "Rabbi Kahana of Pum-Nahara"; appearing in the Talmud merely as Rav Kahana) was a Babylonian rabbi ...
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Rav Kahana IV ''For other Amoraic sages of Babylonia with the name "Rav Kahana", see Rav Kahana.''
Rav Kahana IV (Hebrew: רב כהנא (הרביעי)) was a Babylonian rabbi, of the fifth and sixth generation of amoraim.
Biography
He was the cousin of Rav As ...
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