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הרב אבימי בן רחבה

Avimi ben Rechava

Avimi ben Rechava — fourth-generation amora and talmid of Rabbah, called with his brother Ifa the sharp ones of Pumbedita.

Amoraim · c. 220-500 CE

Biography

Rav Avimi ben Rechava — also written Avimi bar Rechava — was an amora of the fourth generation and a talmid of Rabbah. His father was Rechava of Pumbedita and his mother was Chuma, a great-granddaughter of Rav Yehudah. He and his brother Ifa are called in the Gemara charifei d’Pumbedita, “the sharp ones” of Pumbedita.

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אבימי בן רחבה היה אמורא בן הדור הרביעי, תלמידו של רבה, ובנם של רחבה דפומבדיתא וחומא, נינתו של רב יהודה.

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