רבי יצחק מגדלאה

Rabbi Yitzchak of Magdala was an amora whose teachings appear in both the Talmud Bavli and the aggadic midrashim. In matters of halachah, he is quoted in Bava Metzia, where he explains the case of finding three coins stacked one upon another — that the rule of one having to announce a found object applies when the coins are arranged “like towers,” one directly atop another, a ruling for which a supporting baraita is brought. In Yoma he defines “vine shoots” (lulvei gefanim) for purposes of the laws of eating on Yom Kippur as those that sprouted between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, in contrast to Rav Kahana’s view of thirty days; here too a baraita is cited in his support.

His name also appears within the aggadic teachings gathered in the midrashic works on the Torah and Shir HaShirim, alongside expansions on the verses of Shir HaShirim, the building of the Mishkan, and the early chapters of Bereshit.