Rabbi Abba
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Rabbi Abba (Hebrew: רבי אבא) was an amora (Talmud rabbi) of Babylonian birth who lived in the third and fourth centuries.
He was a pupil of Rabbis Huna and Judah bar Ezekiel, the Babylonian masters, and settled in the Land of Israel, where he achieved a high reputation. In the Babylonian schools, Rabbi Abba is always meant when reference is made to "our teacher in the land of Israel" (Sanhedrin 17b).[1] He was wealthy and had a peculiar method of dispensing charity in secret (Ketubot 67b).[2] He is important as a halakhist. As an aggadist, he selected chiefly Psalm verses for his texts.[3]
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One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Louis Ginzberg and Wilhelm Bacher (1901–1906). "ABBA". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia. New York: Funk & Wagnalls.
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