Biography
Yadua HaBavli was a tanna. He appears in the discussion in tractate Bava Metzia concerning a guardian’s liability for animals entrusted to his care and the question of what counts as an unavoidable accident (ones) that exempts him from responsibility.
In the passage cited (Bava Metzia 7; Bava Metzia 93b), he brings a ruling in the name of Rabbi Meir regarding an attack on the flock: if a single direction is involved it is not considered an accident, but an attack from two directions is, and he lists bandits, the lion, bear, leopard, panther, and snake as cases of unavoidable accident.
ידוע הבבלי היה תנא בן הדור החמישי, תלמידו של רבי מאיר, המוזכר פעם אחת במשנה.
Yadua the Babylonian was a 2nd-century tanna of the fifth generation. He was born in Babylonia but subsequently moved to the Land of Israel, becoming the student of Rabbi Meir.
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