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recorded by him are reliable. When his brother Rami says, in one place, that a certain sentence of Rav's, quoted by Judah, should be disregarded, he does not question the accuracy of Judah's citation, but implies that Rav had afterward abandoned the opinion quoted by Judah, and had, in a statement which the latter had not heard, adopted an opposite view.
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Judah possessed such great zeal for learning and such tireless energy that he even omitted daily prayer in order to secure more time for study, and prayed but once in thirty days. This diligence, together with a remarkably retentive memory, made it possible for him to collect and transmit the greater
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A lover of nature, Judah was a close observer of the animal and plant life around him. "When in the springtime you see Nature in her beauty, you shall thank God that He has formed such beautiful creatures and plants for the good of mankind". Several of his explanations of natural phenomena have been
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for that country. But the new method was acceptable to most of his disciples, and was especially attractive to the young, so that the school at
Pumbedita steadily increased in importance and popularity. After the death of
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sayings by Rav, and many by Samuel, all recorded by Judah b. Ezekiel, while a number of other sayings of Rav's that occur in the Talmud without the name of the transmitter likewise were handed down by Judah.
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328:, and what work he did in that field was almost entirely lexicographical. In his daily conversation he took pains to acquire the habit of exact and appropriate expression, for which his contemporary
289:, he introduced a new and original method of instruction: by emphasizing the need of an exact differentiation between, and a critical examination of, the subjects treated, he became the founder of
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According to him, piety consists chiefly in fulfilling one's obligations to one's fellow creatures and in observing the laws of "meum et tuum" (
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Judah was celebrated for his piety, and it is related that whenever he ordained a fast in time of drought rain fell.
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preserved, as well as etymologies of the names of animals and descriptions of their characteristics.
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379:The Talmud: a Selection
217:of the 2nd generation.
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1473:Rav Yosef bar Hiyya
1280:Hanina of Sepphoris
1012:Rabbah bar bar Hana
866:Johanan bar Nappaha
810:Epes the Southerner
264:contains about 400
1447:Rabbah bar Nahmani
1325:Samuel of Nehardea
1183:Isaac ben Eliashiv
1117:Kahana bar Tahlifa
1082:Luliani ben Tabrin
704:"Judah b. Ezekiel"
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1386:Rabbah bar Abuha
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1092:Shimon ben Pazi
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1037:Hanina bar Papi
1027:Abba bar Kahana
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1087:Abba of Acre
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1468:Hamnuna III
1453:Rav Nachman
1319:Abba Arikha
1303:Amoraim of
1168:Rabbi Jonah
1057:Hoshaiah II
952:Gamaliel IV
830:Bar Kappara
774:Amoraim of
651:Mo'ed Katan
559:Mo'ed Katan
531:Bava Metzia
467:Ta'anit 24a
208:Rav Yehudah
1793:299 deaths
1788:220 births
1777:Categories
1559:Rav Shizbi
1463:Rav Chisda
1411:Rav Giddel
1401:Rav Berona
1376:Hamnuna II
1244:Gamaliel V
1188:Rabbi Aibu
962:Rabbi Assi
957:Rabbi Ammi
725:Weiss, Dor
667:Bava Kamma
513:Hullin 44a
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365:References
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1743:Ravina II
1712:Rafram II
1702:Rav Yemar
1625:Mar Zutra
1615:Rav Zevid
1534:Rav Safra
1340:Rav Shela
1239:Hillel II
1153:Rabbi Aha
1112:Alexandri
1032:Rav Avira
611:Kiddushin
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255:Teachings
243:His sons
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1656:Rav Ashi
1605:Rav Papi
1600:Rav Papa
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1366:Rav Huna
1345:Rav Assi
1330:Mar Ukva
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717:Bacher,
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414:Berachot
355:Mishnaic
311:Rav Huna
291:Talmudic
270:halakhic
210:, was a
152:Rishonim
140:Savoraim
70:Children
62:Religion
41:Personal
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1458:Sheshet
1305:Babylon
1097:Me'asha
1017:Levi II
762:Amoraim
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543:Ketuvot
359:Neziḳin
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130:Tannaim
91:Teacher
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1620:Amemar
1178:Zerika
1062:Hanina
1002:Abin I
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1335:Karna
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249:Judah
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215:amora
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1431:Anan
972:Ulla
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