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shall be called a wise [ḥakim] physician, but he shall not be called rabbi, and R' Yehuda HaNasi’s convalescence shall be through him. I also saw written there: R' Yehuda HaNasi and R' Natan are the end of the Mishnah, i.e., the last of the tanna’im, the redactors of the Mishnah. Rav Ashi and Ravi
And your mnemonic to remember that Rav Ashi and Ravina redacted the Talmud is the verse: “Until I entered into the sanctuary [mikdashei] of God, and considered [avina] their end” (Psalms 73:17). The sanctuary, mikdashei, alludes to Rav Ashi, while the term avina alludes to Ravina, which is a contrac
§ The Talmud relates another story discussing the greatness of the rabbis. Rav Kahana said: Rav Ḥama, son of the daughter of Ḥasa, told me that Rabba bar Naḥmani died due to the fear of a decree of religious persecution. The Talmud explains: His enemies accused him [akhalu beih kurtza] of disloyalt
They sent a messenger [peristaka] of the king after him, but he was not able to find him. Rabba bar Naḥmani fled and went from Pumbedita to Akra, from Akra to Agma, from Agma to Shiḥin, from Shiḥin to Tzerifa, from Tzerifa to Eina Demayim, and from Eina Demayim back to Pumbedita. Ultimately, he wa
The attendants said to Rabba bar Naḥmani: What should we do with him? He is the king’s man, and we cannot leave him like this. Rabba bar Naḥmani said to them: Place a tray before him and give him one cup to drink, and then remove the tray from before him and he will be healed. They did this, and he