הרב בר קפרא

Bar Kappara
Amoraim · c. 220-500 CE

בר קפרא או רבי אלעזר בנו של רבי אליעזר הקפר, היה חכם בדור המעבר שבין התנאים והאמוראים. תלמידו של רבי יהודה הנשיא. היה ידוע כבדחן. בילדותו למד תורה מפי רבי מאיר.

Bar Kappara was a Jewish scholar of the late second and early third century CE. He was active in Caesarea Maritima, the capital of the Roman province of Syria Palaestina, from around 180 to 220 CE. His name, meaning "Son of Qappara", was taken from his father, Eleazar ha-Kappar. He was one of the students of Judah ha-Nasi and a first-generation amora.

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