Rav Abba bar Aybo (Aramaic: רַב אַבָּא בַּר אִיבּוֹ; 175–247 CE), commonly known as Abba Arikha (אַבָּא אריכא) or simply as Rav (רַב), was a Jewish amora...

Arikha (Hebrew: אריכא) is a Hebrew surname. Notable people with the surname include: Abba Arikha (175–247 CE), Jewish amora Alba Arikha (born 1966), French-British...

law after its initial codification. The first Babylonian Amoraim were Abba Arikha, respectfully referred to as Rav, and his contemporary and frequent debate...

one attributed to Rabbi Abba Arikha and one to Rabbi Samuel, for what Ham did to Noah to warrant the curse. According to Abba Arika, Ham castrated Noah...

end of the era of the Gaonim. Sura Academy was founded by the Amora Abba Arikha ("Rav"), a disciple of Judah ha-Nasi. Among the well-known sages that...

there in 254 CE. In the Talmud, Samuel is frequently associated with Abba Arikha ("Rav"), with whom he debated on many issues. As in the case of many...

his death are: Hanina bar Hama and Hoshaiah Rabbah in Eretz Yisrael, Abba Arikha and Samuel of Nehardea in Babylon (the Jewish term for Lower Mesopotamia)...

are discussed by the Talmud in b. Eruvin 53a: The cave of makhpela: Abba Arikha and Samuel of Nehardea [disputed]; one said, "It is two chambers, one...

Sahar, Laban, and their sister Rebecca.[citation needed] In the Talmud, Abba Arikha in the name of Reuben ben Strobilus cited Laban's and Bethuel's response...

Dynasty (d. 300) Prisca, Roman empress and wife of Diocletian (d. 315) Abba Arikha, Babylonian Jewish scholar and rabbi (b. 175) Bu Zhi (or Zishan), Chinese...

time of Abba Arikha). Its first appearance is the manuscript of the Rosh Hashana liturgy by the 3rd century Babylonian Talmudic sage Abba Arikha. He included...

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Mata Mehasya served as a branch of Sura Academy, which was founded by Abba Arikha in the third century. A contemporary Syriac source describes it as a...

third century. He studied in Mesopotamia, attending the lectures of Abba Arikha and Rav Huna, and subsequently settled at Tiberias, where he occupied...

Talmud. Rav Ḥisda descended from a priestly family. He studied under Abba Arikha "the Rav", who was his principal teacher and after the latter's death...

" Exodus 35:30 identifies Bezalel's grandfather as Hur, whom either Abba Arikha or Samuel deduced was the son of Miriam and Caleb. A Midrash explained...

the etiology of Kalends attributed by the Jerusalem Avodah Zarah to Abba Arikha. Unlike several Roman religious festivals which were particular to cult...

Talmud (Bavli Kiddushin 12a, first version) states that academy head Abba Arikha would give corporal punishment to a man who would marry without shidduchin...

the heavens because the nations are dismayed at them." The opinions of Abba Arikha, of Samuel of Nehardea and of Rabbi Akiva, however, seem to be supportive...

attracted thousands of students. Along with Sura Academy founded by Abba Arikha, it opened a new era in which Babylon became the center of Judaism. After...

politician (b. 205) Jiang Wan (or Gongyan), Chinese general and statesman 247 Abba Arikha, Babylonian Jewish scholar and rabbi (b. 175) Bu Zhi (or Zishan), Chinese...

ha-Ḥazaḳah, and others have declared that the title Sifra debbe Rav indicates Abba Arikha is the author. I.H. Weiss attempts to support this. His proofs are not...

destroyed and deserted. Archaeological evidence and the writings of Abba Arikha (c.  AD 219) indicate that at least the temples of Babylon may still...

category of a tinok shenishba. In Shabbat 68b, there is a dispute between Abba Arikha and Samuel of Nehardea on one side, and Yochanan bar Nafcha and Shimon...

Judah's students. It is said that initially he sat seventeen rows behind Abba Arikha in the school taught by Judah, and could not comprehend the discussions...

is mentioned in the Mekhilta. Abba Arikha therefore probably redacted the work, as Menahem ibn Zerah says. Abba Arikha however, did not do this in the...

everything unseemly and from whatsoever is like unto it." According to Abba Arikha, the purpose of the kashrut laws is to purify Israel—to train the Jew...

the Sura Academy founded in 225 by Abba Arika, retained dominant influence for about 800 years. After Abba Arikha and Samuel of Nehardea died at the end...

Her mother was the daughter of Rav Hanan bar Rava, the son-in-law of Abba Arikha (known as Rav). Despite her marriages, she was always referred to as...

followers. Under his leadership, the ancient academy of Sura founded by Abba Arikha entered upon a new period of brilliancy. This renaissance was cut short...