Rav Papi

For the Amora sages of the Land of Israel,of the 3d Amoraic generetion, see Hanina b. Papi or Hanina ben Pappa.
For another Babylonian Amora sage of the 5th Amoraic generetion, see Rav Papa.

Rabbinical Eras

Rav Papi [1] (or Rav Pappai; Hebrew: רב פפי) was a Jewish Amora sage of Babylon, of the fifth generation of the Amora era. He was a colleague and an opponent of Rav Papa and R. Huna b. Joshua. He is also one of the well-known disciples of Rava. Among his disciples, one can find: Rav Ashi and Ravina I.

References

  1. B. Talmud, Tractate Shabat, 93a


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