Biography
Rav Idi bar Avin is a Babylonian amora who appears widely across the Talmud, especially in Tractate Chullin, where he is repeatedly recorded raising objections, supporting positions, and transmitting rulings. He often cites his Rabeim, Rav Yitzchak bar Ashian on matters such as the laws of salting meat for one who wishes to be healthy, the obligation of washing hands for ordinary food “because of the trace of teruma,” and the distinction between obligatory and cleanliness hand-washing.
His recorded discussions span practical halachic topics: the laws of forbidden mixtures and species (kilayim), the gifts to the poor in field, vineyard, and tree (leket, shikhecha, pe’ah, peret, and olelot), questions of sacrificial offerings and substitution (temura), and the laws of atonement and sin-offerings in Tractate Keritot. He is shown in dialogue with leading sages of his generation, including Abaye, Rav Pappa, and Rav Ashi, frequently testing or challenging their statements. He also transmits aggadic material in the name of Rav Amram citing Rabbi Yitzchak and Rabbi Yochanan, such as teachings on the prohibitions in the Torah involving an act versus those without an act.
Sources & notes. Lineage (teachers Rav Yitzchak bar Ashian, Rav Amram, Rav Chisda) per Wikidata; characterization drawn from the cited library passages (chiefly Chullin, Keritot, Temurah, Bekhorot, Menachot).
Where traditions differ. Some passages reference distinct names (e.g., Rav Idi bar Gershom, Rav Idi bar Idi bar Gershom) that may not be this sage.
רב אידי בר אבין הוא אמורא בבלי בדור הרביעי, בנו של רבי אבין נגרא, ואחיו של רבי חייא בר אבין.
Rav Idi bar Abin Naggara was a Jewish Babylonian rabbi who lived around 350 CE.
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