Biography
Rav Yirmiyah bar Abba appears throughout the Talmud chiefly as a transmitter of teachings in the name of Rav, often relayed through later sages such as Rav Sheshet and Rav Chisda (e.g., “Rav Chisda said in the name of Rav Yirmiyah bar Abba in the name of Rav”). His reported rulings touch a wide range of halachic domains: the laws of the menstruant and bodily impurity in tractate Niddah (such as a woman who separates herself in purity counting toward the seven clean days), the laws of sky-blue (tekhelet) threads and their proper winding in Menachot, the laws of slaughter and disqualified offerings in Zevachim and Chullin, and questions of communal versus court liability in Horayot.
He is frequently cited in these tractates as a faithful bearer of Rav’s positions, and his transmissions are treated as authoritative anchors for the discussions built around them.
Where traditions differ. His direct relationship to Rav (as student/tradent) is inferred only from the recurring transmission formula in the passages, not from independent biographical data.
רב ירמיה בר אבא היה אמורא מהדור השני לאמוראי בבל. היה מתלמידיו של האמורא המפורסם רב. מופיע פעמים רבות גם בתלמוד הירושלמי, ושם הוא נקרא רב ירמיה סתם, בלא שם אביו. יש אומרים שנקרא גם רבי ירמיה רבה (הגדול).
Jeremiah bar Abba was a Babylonian rabbi who lived around the mid-3rd century. He is cited many times in the Jerusalem Talmud, where he is mentioned simply as Rav Jeremiah, without his patronymic name.
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