רב יימר

Rav Yeimar appears throughout the Babylonian Talmud as an active voice in halachic give-and-take, most often recorded in exchanges with Rav Ashi (“Rav Yeimar said to Rav Ashi”) and also engaging Rav Kahana, Ravina, and Rabbi Abba.

In Chullin, he rules on questions of ritual slaughter. He appears often with civil and procedural law in Bava Batra, Bava Metzia, Bava Kamma, and Shevuot — addressing matters such as postdated documents, division of property, oaths, witnesses with a vested interest, and weights and measures — as well as questions in Avodah Zarah concerning wine and gentiles, and a recorded ruling permitting “testimony from the mouth of another” regarding a firstborn animal. He is also remembered for an episode (preserved in both Shevuot and the Mishpatim material) in which, knowing testimony relevant to Mar Zutra, the principle that the honor of Torah may override standard courtroom protocol is invoked.

The name “Rav Yeimar bar Shelemya” likewise appears in several of these passages (e.g., Menachot, Bava Batra, Chullin), debating with Abaye, Rava, Rav Pappa, and others.