רב יהודה בר יחזקאל

Rav Yehuda bar Yechezkel was an amora active in Babylon, a student of Abba Arika (Rav). He stands among the early generations of the Babylonian sages who shaped the study of Torah after the era of the tannaim.

In the supplied material his teachings appear within midrashic discussions. He is found in Devarim Rabbah in the treatment of the verse “Yiftach Hashem lecha et otzaro hatov” (Devarim 28:12), amid the discussion of the keys held by the Holy One, blessed be He, and in Bamidbar Rabbah in connection with the words of the prophet Amos (“Hoy hasha’ananim b’Tzion”), where the tribes of Yehudah and Binyamin and the ten tribes are addressed.