JEREMIAH BEN ABBA — (first half of the fourth century C.E.), Babylonian amora; usually referred to without his patronymic. Jeremiah, who was born in Babylonia, immigrated to Ereẓ Israel at the outset of his career. No discussions are extant between him and the… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Machir ben Abba Mari — (Hebrew: מכיר בן אבא מרי) was the author of a work entitled Yalkut ha Makiri (ילקוט המכירי), but about whom not even the country or the period in which he lived is definitively known. Moritz Steinschneider ( Jewish Literature, p. 143) supposes… … Wikipedia
Hiyya bar Abba — For the Amora sage of the Land of Israel, of the 1st Amora Generation, see Rabbi Hiyya (Hiyya the Great). For the Amora sage of Babylon, of the 2nd and 3d Amora Generation, and Dean of the Pumbedita Academy, see Huna b. Hiyya. Hiyya bar Abba or… … Wikipedia
Haninah ben Teradion — Rabbinical Eras Chazal Zugot Tannaim Amoraim Savoraim Geonim Rishonim Acharonim Rabbi Haninah ben Teradion or Hananiah ben Teradion (Hebrew: חנניה בן תרדיון) was a teacher in the third Tannaitic generation (2nd century). He was a contemporary of… … Wikipedia
ELIEZER BEN HYRCANUS — (end of the first and beginning of the second century C.E.), tanna. He is sometimes called Eliezer the Great (Sot. 9:15; Tosef., Or., end) and is the Eliezer mentioned without patronymic. R. Eliezer was one of the pillars of the early talmudic… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Chazal — Rabbinical Eras Chazal Zugot Tannaim Amoraim Savoraim Geonim Rishonim Acharonim For the 20th Century writer, see Malcolm de Chazal. Chazal or Ḥazal (Hebrew: חז ל) is an acronym for the Hebrew Ḥakhameinu Zikhronam Liv rakha , (ח … Wikipedia
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Noach (parsha) — This article is about the Torah portion Noach. For the Biblical figure, see Noah. Noach or Noah (נֹחַ Hebrew for the name Noah, the third word, and first distinctive word, of the parshah) is the second weekly Torah portion (parshah) in the annual … Wikipedia
Judaism — /jooh dee iz euhm, day , deuh /, n. 1. the monotheistic religion of the Jews, having its ethical, ceremonial, and legal foundation in the precepts of the Old Testament and in the teachings and commentaries of the rabbis as found chiefly in the… … Universalium
Hanina b. Papi — For another Jewish Amora sage also of the Land of Israel, same 3d Amoraic generetion with a similar name, see Hanina ben Pappa. For the Babylonian Amora sages of the 5th generetion, see Rav Papi or Rav Papa. Rabbinical Eras Chazal Zugot Tannaim… … Wikipedia
