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Hamnuna(Hebrew:המנונא) is the name of severalrabbisfrom the period of theTalmud,among them:
- Hamnuna Saba( "the elder" ). Second generationBabylonianamora(mid third century CE). A pupil ofRav.[1]After Rav, he became the head of therabbinical academyatSura.The Talmud contains manyhalakhicrulings,aggadotand prayers from him. He was an associate ofRav Chisda.
- Hamnuna Saba (Zohar).According to theZohar,a rabbi from the Land of Israel from the third generation oftannaim.He is never mentioned in the Mishnah or Talmud, but appears frequently in the Zohar.
- Hamnuna III.Third generation Babylonian amora. He grew up in Harpania and later moved to Harta of Argiz, nearBaghdad.He also was a colleague ofRav Chisda,and was a pupil under Rabbi Judah andUlla.[2]
- Hamnuna IV.Fourth generation Babylonian amora, teacher ofRav Papa.
- Hamnuna Zuta( "the younger" ), late fourth century CE. A confession prayer he was fond of reciting onYom Kippur[3]eventually became part of the Yom Kippurprayer service.
According to theEncyclopaedia Judaica,"Otheramoraimof the same name, some with and some without appellations, who lived in the third and fourth centuries and whom it is difficult to identify, are referred to in the Talmudic sources. "