R. Berona (or Rav Bruna, Beruna or Baruna;
Hebrew
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: רב ברונא) was a
Babylonian rabbi of the third century (second generation of
amoraim).
Biography
His
principle teacher was
Rav. He also submitted teachings in the name of
Samuel of Nehardea
Samuel of Nehardea or Samuel bar Abba, often simply called Samuel (Hebrew: שמואל) and occasionally Mar Samuel, was a Jewish Amora of the first generation; son of Abba bar Abba and head of the Yeshiva at Nehardea, Babylonia. He was a teacher ...
.
It is told that R.
Rabbi Ilai II was fond of him, and had asked
Ulla
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when he arrives in Babylon to send his regards in the presence of all the members of the college, "for he is a great man and rejoices to perform a precept", since one day he managed to link Prayers of Redemption to the
Amidah "and a smile did not leave his lips the whole day".
Babylonian Talmud
The Talmud (; he, , Talmūḏ) is the central text of Rabbinic Judaism and the primary source of Jewish religious law (''halakha'') and Jewish theology. Until the advent of modernity, in nearly all Jewish communities, the Talmud was the cent ...
, Berakhot, 9b He debated R.
Judah ben Ezekiel
Judah bar Ezekiel (220–299 CE) (Hebrew: יהודה בן יחזקאל); often known as Rav Yehudah, was a Babylonian amora of the 2nd generation.
Biography
Judah was the most prominent disciple of Rav, in whose house he often stayed, and whose ...
.
References
Talmud rabbis of Babylonia
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