Biography
Rabbi Kruspedai was an amora. In the supplied material he appears chiefly bringing the teachings of Rabbi Yochanan. In tractate Keritot he states in the name of Rabbi Yochanan a ruling concerning the ox that was to be stoned whose witnesses were later proven false (zomemin): whoever takes hold of it acquires it.
He is also cited in connection with Rosh Hashanah and the theme of teshuvah, in passages drawn into later works such as Akeidat Yitzchak. There his name is linked to a well-known teaching about three ledgers opened on Rosh Hashanah and the power of repentance, reflecting his place among the sages whose words on the Days of Awe were preserved and quoted.
Where traditions differ. The Rosh Hashanah teaching attributed to him appears via later compilations rather than directly in the cited Talmudic passage.
רבי כרוספדאי היה אמורא ארץ ישראלי, בן הדור השלישי, בנו של רבי שבתאי. מתלמידי רבי יוחנן, שהביא דברים בשמו. מוזכר פעמים בודדות בתלמוד הבבלי ועשרות פעמים בתלמוד הירושלמי, שם שמו: רבי קריספא. גדולי האמוראים בדור הרביעי, רבי יונה ורבי יוסי, מוסרים מאמרים בשמו. נפטר בחיי רבי אמי.
Amoraim refers to Jewish scholars of the period from about 200 to 500 CE, who "said" or "told over" the teachings of the Oral Torah. They were primarily located in Babylonia and the Land of Israel. Their legal discussions and debates were eventually codified in the Gemara. The Amoraim followed the Tannaim in the sequence of ancient Jewish scholars. The Tannaim were direct transmitters of uncodified oral tradition; the Amoraim expounded upon and clarified the oral law after its initial codification.
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