Biography
Rav Ena was a sage of the era of the Savoraim. He appears across a wide range of tractates in the Talmud, both in halachic give-and-take and in aggadic discussion, often raising a sharp question (be’i) or bringing a verse to ground a teaching. In Bava Kamma (19b) he asks a question about damages — whether an animal’s behavior is treated like the category of keren — and the matter is left unresolved (teiku). In Chullin (84b) he is recorded expounding a ruling at the entrance of the Exilarch’s house concerning one who slaughters for a sick person on Shabbat and the covering of the blood.
He frequently anchors halachot in Scripture: in Sukkah (48b) he derives a law from the verse in Yeshayahu “and you shall draw water with joy,” and in Moed Katan (21a) he explains the reasoning of Rabbi Yehoshua from a verse in Amos, “and its end like a bitter day.” He is also found challenging others — in Rosh Hashanah (27a) he raises an objection regarding the comparison of the Yovel to Rosh Hashanah for the blowing of the shofar and the blessings.
In several places he is called “Rav Ena Sava” (the elder), engaging Rav Nachman in debate. In Megillah (14b) he brings the teaching that eight prophets who were also kohanim descended from Rachav, and in Pesachim (88a) he poses a contradiction to Rav Nachman concerning a slave owned by two partners.
Where traditions differ. Some passages name him "Rav Ena Sava" (the elder); whether this is the same figure as "Rav Ena" is not made explicit in the supplied sources.
רב עינא - חכם יהודי מראשי הדור השני של הסבוראים. ראש ישיבת סורא שבבבל ומקבילוֹ של רב סימונא, ראש ישיבת פומבדיתא. היה תלמידו של רבינא האחרון. לפי דברי רב שרירא גאון באיגרתו, הוסיפו רב עינא ורב סימונא תוספות אנונימיות בתלמוד הבבלי, במסגרת העריכה הסבוראית שכללה ביאורים, דיוקים והכרעות. רב עינא נפטר בסביבות שנת ד'ש' (540).
Rav Ena was a Jewish Savora sage of the second generation of the Savora era. He headed the Sura academy and was a counterpart of R. Simuna, head of the Yeshiva in Pumbedita. According to the Iggeret Rav Sherira Gaon, R. Ena and R. Simuna added-on anonymous annotations to the Babylonian Talmud, during the process of the Savora arrangement of the Talmud, that included adding additional clarification and Halkhaic rulings. Some scholars identify him with Rav Giza. He died in year 540 AD.
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