Rav Zevid
Rav Zevid | |
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רב זביד (השני) | |
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| Died | 385 CE |
| Religion | Judaism |
| Occupation | Rabbi, Talmudist |
| Position | Head of the Academy |
| Yeshiva | Pumbedita Academy |
| Rabbinical eras |
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Rav Zevid(orRav Zebid;Hebrew:רב זביד (השני)(died 385CE), read asRav Zevid Ha-Sheni,lit. "Rav Zevid II" ) was anAmoraofBabylonof the fourth and fifth generation of the Amora era.
Biography[edit]
He was a disciple ofRavaand a scholarly opponent ofRav Papa.According to theIggeret RavSherira Gaon,he served as head of the academy ofPumbedita.[1]
He was a contemporary ofAbaye,whose halakhot he transmitted, and of whom he was perhaps a pupil.[2]He also transmitted the halakhot ofRavaandRav Nachman.[3]but he particularly preferred the decisions of Abaye, and it is narrated[4]that his adherence to Abaye caused his death. When the people of theexilarchonce questioned R. Hiyya Parwa'ah regarding a certain halakhah, he answered thatHezekiahandBar Kapparahad interpreted it, whileR. Johananhad decided to the contrary, and that as the authorities thus stood two to one, the law would have to be interpreted according to the majority. Zebid said, however, "Do not listen to him, for Abaye decided according to R. Johanan"; whereupon the people of the exilarch forced Zebid to drink a cup of vinegar, which caused his death.
R. Ḥinena b. R. Iḳa is recorded as his opponent in halakhic decisions.[5]Zebid particularly explained to his pupils the baraitot of R. Hoshaiah or Oshaya.[6]
References[edit]
- ^Sherira Gaon(1988).The Iggeres of Rav Sherira Gaon.Translated by Nosson Dovid Rabinowich. Jerusalem: Rabbi Jacob Joseph School Press - Ahavath Torah Institute Moznaim. p. 106.OCLC923562173.
- ^Berachot 46b; Sotah 32b; et passim
- ^Bava Kamma 84a; Bava Metzia 17a
- ^Avodah Zarah 38b
- ^Meilah 19a
- ^"bi-debe R. Osha'ya"; Avodah Zarah 6b, 56a; Bava Metzia 92b; et passim
This article incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain:Singer, Isidore;et al., eds. (1901–1906)."ZEBID".The Jewish Encyclopedia.New York: Funk & Wagnalls.
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