R. Abin (I) (
Hebrew
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: רבי אבין) was a Jewish
Amora sage of the
Land of Israel, of the third generation of
Amoraim.
Biography
He was one of R.
Yochanan bar Nafcha
:''See Johanan (name) for more rabbis by this name''.
Johanan bar Nappaha ( he, יוחנן בר נפחא Yoḥanan bar Nafḥa; alt. sp. Napaḥa) (also known simply as Rabbi Yochanan, or as Johanan bar Nafcha) (lived 180-279 CE) was a leading r ...
's most prominent pupils. As a young man he even managed to study under
Judah ha-Nasi
Judah ha-Nasi ( he, יְהוּדָה הַנָּשִׂיא, ''Yəhūḏā hanNāsīʾ''; Yehudah HaNasi or Judah the Prince) or Judah I, was a second-century rabbi (a tanna of the fifth generation) and chief redactor and editor of the ''Mis ...
, and had delivered statements in his name. However, he acquired most of his
Torah
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knowledge from his
principle teacher R. Yochanan bar Nafcha.
Abin's sayings are mentioned many times in the
Babylonian Talmud
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, mainly as an
halakhic inquiry (
Hebrew
Hebrew (; ; ) is a Northwest Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family. Historically, it is one of the spoken languages of the Israelites and their longest-surviving descendants, the Jews and Samaritans. It was largely preserved ...
:בעי). As he lived in the Land of Israel, he is also cited frequently in the
Jerusalem Talmud
The Jerusalem Talmud ( he, תַּלְמוּד יְרוּשַׁלְמִי, translit=Talmud Yerushalmi, often for short), also known as the Palestinian Talmud or Talmud of the Land of Israel, is a collection of rabbinic notes on the second-century ...
. His son was
Jose ben Abin.
Among the ''amoraim'' named "Abin", R. Abin is the only one who is known simply by his name. In contrast, Babylonian ''amoraim'' name Abin have another nickname or epithet attached to their name, for example R.
Abin Naggara (the father of
Idi b. Abin Abin Naggara and
Hiyya b. Abin Naggara) and
Rabin (whose real name was "R. Abin", as cited in the Jerusalem Talmud).
Among his colleagues was
Jeremiah (I), who was one of the elders pupils of Yochanan bar Nafcha, and said to R.
Abbahu
Rabbi Abbahu ( he, אבהו) was a Jew and Talmudist of the Talmudic Academies in Syria Palaestina from about 279-320 and is counted a member of the third generation of Amoraim. He is sometimes cited as Rabbi Abbahu of Kisrin ( Caesarea).
Biogra ...
that for this reason his and
Jeremiah (I), Abin I, and R. Measha's opinions should be preferred over the opinions of R.
Abbahu
Rabbi Abbahu ( he, אבהו) was a Jew and Talmudist of the Talmudic Academies in Syria Palaestina from about 279-320 and is counted a member of the third generation of Amoraim. He is sometimes cited as Rabbi Abbahu of Kisrin ( Caesarea).
Biogra ...
, R.
Isaac Nappaha Rabbi Isaac Nappaha (Hebrew ''Rabbi Yitzhak Nappaḥa'', רבי יצחק נפחא), or Isaac the smith, was a rabbi of the 3rd-4th centuries (second generation of Amoraim) who lived in the Galilee. Name
He is found under the name "Nappaha" only in t ...
, and R.
Hanina bar Papi.
Babylonian Talmud
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, Bava Batra
Bava Batra (also Baba Batra; Talmudic Aramaic: בָּבָא בַּתְרָא "The Last Gate") is the third of the three Talmudic tractates in the Talmud in the order Nezikin; it deals with a person's responsibilities and rights as the owner of pr ...
142b
People with similar names
For the 4th generation Amora traveler, see
R. Abin (amora).
For the 4th generation Amora sages of
Babylon, see
Idi b. Abin Naggara,
Hiyya b. Abin Naggara, or their Father of the 3d generation:
Abin Naggara.
For the fifth generation
Amora sage of the
Land of Israel, see
Jose ben Abin (his son).
For the 6th generation Amora sage of the
Land of Israel, see
Samuel b. Jose b. Boon (his grandson).
Some commentators distinguish Abin I from Abin of N'shiqya, mentioned b. Shabbat 121b. Other translate that passage. " . . . traveled from N'shiqya to the house of Abin".
References
Talmud rabbis of the Land of Israel
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