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Rava was a Jew
Jew

A Jew is a member of the Jewish people, an ethnoreligious group that traces its ancestry to the Israelites or Hebrews of the Ancient Near East....
ish Talmud
Talmud

The Talmud is a record of rabbinic discussions pertaining to Halakha, Jewish ethics, customs, and history. It is a central text of mainstream Judaism....
ist who lived in Babylonia
Babylonia

Babylonia was a state in Lower Mesopotamia , Babylon as its franklin. Babylonia emerged when Hammurabi created an empire out of the territories of the former kingdoms of Sumer and Akkad....
, known as an amora
Amora

Amora , were renowned Jewish scholars who "said" or "told over" the teachings of the Oral law, from about 200 to 500 CE in Babylonia and the Land of Israel....
, born in 270, and one of the most often-cited Rabbis in the Talmud
Talmud

The Talmud is a record of rabbinic discussions pertaining to Halakha, Jewish ethics, customs, and history. It is a central text of mainstream Judaism....
. He studied at the yeshiva
Yeshiva

Yeshiva or yeshivah , or metivta or mesivta ) also frequently referred to as a Beth midrash, Talmudical Academy, Rabbinical Academy or Rabbinical School is an institution unique to classical Judaism for Torah study, the study of Talmud, Rabbinic literature and History of responsa....
 (Torah Academy) of Pumbedita
Pumbedita

Pumbedita was the name of a city in ancient Babylonia that was a major center of Talmud scholarship that, together with the city of Sura , gave rise to the Babylonian Talmud....
: see Talmudic Academies in Babylonia
Talmudic Academies in Babylonia

The Talmudic Academies in Babylonia, also known as the Geonim Academies, were the center for Jewish scholarship and the development of Jewish law in Mesopotamia from roughly 589 CE to 1038 CE ....
. There he became famous for his debates with his study-partner Abaye
Abaye

Abaye was a Rabbi of the Jewish Talmud who lived in Babylonia [???], known as an amora [?????] born about the close of the third century; died 339 ....
. The debates between Rava and Abaye
Abaye

Abaye was a Rabbi of the Jewish Talmud who lived in Babylonia [???], known as an amora [?????] born about the close of the third century; died 339 ....
 are considered classic examples of Talmudic dialectical logic. Of their hundreds of recorded disputes, the Law is decided according to the opinion of Rava in all but six cases.

When Rabbah bar Nahmani
Rabbah bar Nahmani

Rabbah bar Nachmani was a Jewish Talmudist known as an amora, who lived in Babylonia, known throughout the Talmud simply as Rabbah.Rabbah was born into a priestly family, and studied at both the academies in Sura and Pumbedita....
 (not to be confused with Rava), the Head of the Yeshiva
Yeshiva

Yeshiva or yeshivah , or metivta or mesivta ) also frequently referred to as a Beth midrash, Talmudical Academy, Rabbinical Academy or Rabbinical School is an institution unique to classical Judaism for Torah study, the study of Talmud, Rabbinic literature and History of responsa....
 of Pumbedita
Pumbedita

Pumbedita was the name of a city in ancient Babylonia that was a major center of Talmud scholarship that, together with the city of Sura , gave rise to the Babylonian Talmud....
, retired, the position went to Abaye
Abaye

Abaye was a Rabbi of the Jewish Talmud who lived in Babylonia [???], known as an amora [?????] born about the close of the third century; died 339 ....
.






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Rava was a Jew
Jew

A Jew is a member of the Jewish people, an ethnoreligious group that traces its ancestry to the Israelites or Hebrews of the Ancient Near East....
ish Talmud
Talmud

The Talmud is a record of rabbinic discussions pertaining to Halakha, Jewish ethics, customs, and history. It is a central text of mainstream Judaism....
ist who lived in Babylonia
Babylonia

Babylonia was a state in Lower Mesopotamia , Babylon as its franklin. Babylonia emerged when Hammurabi created an empire out of the territories of the former kingdoms of Sumer and Akkad....
, known as an amora
Amora

Amora , were renowned Jewish scholars who "said" or "told over" the teachings of the Oral law, from about 200 to 500 CE in Babylonia and the Land of Israel....
, born in 270, and one of the most often-cited Rabbis in the Talmud
Talmud

The Talmud is a record of rabbinic discussions pertaining to Halakha, Jewish ethics, customs, and history. It is a central text of mainstream Judaism....
. He studied at the yeshiva
Yeshiva

Yeshiva or yeshivah , or metivta or mesivta ) also frequently referred to as a Beth midrash, Talmudical Academy, Rabbinical Academy or Rabbinical School is an institution unique to classical Judaism for Torah study, the study of Talmud, Rabbinic literature and History of responsa....
 (Torah Academy) of Pumbedita
Pumbedita

Pumbedita was the name of a city in ancient Babylonia that was a major center of Talmud scholarship that, together with the city of Sura , gave rise to the Babylonian Talmud....
: see Talmudic Academies in Babylonia
Talmudic Academies in Babylonia

The Talmudic Academies in Babylonia, also known as the Geonim Academies, were the center for Jewish scholarship and the development of Jewish law in Mesopotamia from roughly 589 CE to 1038 CE ....
. There he became famous for his debates with his study-partner Abaye
Abaye

Abaye was a Rabbi of the Jewish Talmud who lived in Babylonia [???], known as an amora [?????] born about the close of the third century; died 339 ....
. The debates between Rava and Abaye
Abaye

Abaye was a Rabbi of the Jewish Talmud who lived in Babylonia [???], known as an amora [?????] born about the close of the third century; died 339 ....
 are considered classic examples of Talmudic dialectical logic. Of their hundreds of recorded disputes, the Law is decided according to the opinion of Rava in all but six cases.

When Rabbah bar Nahmani
Rabbah bar Nahmani

Rabbah bar Nachmani was a Jewish Talmudist known as an amora, who lived in Babylonia, known throughout the Talmud simply as Rabbah.Rabbah was born into a priestly family, and studied at both the academies in Sura and Pumbedita....
 (not to be confused with Rava), the Head of the Yeshiva
Yeshiva

Yeshiva or yeshivah , or metivta or mesivta ) also frequently referred to as a Beth midrash, Talmudical Academy, Rabbinical Academy or Rabbinical School is an institution unique to classical Judaism for Torah study, the study of Talmud, Rabbinic literature and History of responsa....
 of Pumbedita
Pumbedita

Pumbedita was the name of a city in ancient Babylonia that was a major center of Talmud scholarship that, together with the city of Sura , gave rise to the Babylonian Talmud....
, retired, the position went to Abaye
Abaye

Abaye was a Rabbi of the Jewish Talmud who lived in Babylonia [???], known as an amora [?????] born about the close of the third century; died 339 ....
. At that point, Rava returned to Mahuza
Mahuza

Mahuza is the name given to the metropolis formed by Ctesiphon and Seleucia on the Tigris on opposite sides of the Tigris River. It was one of the cites of an early Babylonian Talmudic yeshiva, founded by Rava , as well as the original seat of the Exilarch....
, in Babylonia
Babylonia

Babylonia was a state in Lower Mesopotamia , Babylon as its franklin. Babylonia emerged when Hammurabi created an empire out of the territories of the former kingdoms of Sumer and Akkad....
, where he established a yeshiva
Yeshiva

Yeshiva or yeshivah , or metivta or mesivta ) also frequently referred to as a Beth midrash, Talmudical Academy, Rabbinical Academy or Rabbinical School is an institution unique to classical Judaism for Torah study, the study of Talmud, Rabbinic literature and History of responsa....
 there. After the death of Abaye
Abaye

Abaye was a Rabbi of the Jewish Talmud who lived in Babylonia [???], known as an amora [?????] born about the close of the third century; died 339 ....
, many of his students moved from Pumbedita
Pumbedita

Pumbedita was the name of a city in ancient Babylonia that was a major center of Talmud scholarship that, together with the city of Sura , gave rise to the Babylonian Talmud....
 to Mahuza
Mahuza

Mahuza is the name given to the metropolis formed by Ctesiphon and Seleucia on the Tigris on opposite sides of the Tigris River. It was one of the cites of an early Babylonian Talmudic yeshiva, founded by Rava , as well as the original seat of the Exilarch....
, to join Rava’s Yeshiva, which had become one of the intellectual centers of the Babylonian Jewish Community.

He died in 350.

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