Rav Yosef b. Hiyya

For the 2d generetion Amora sage of Babylon, see Hiyya b. Joseph. For the former Sefardi Chief Rabbi of Israel, see Ovadia Yosef.
Rabbinical Eras

Rav Yosef b. Hiyya (Hebrew: רב יוסף בר חייא) was a Jewish Amora sage of Babylon of the third generation of the Amoraim. He was a disciple of Judah bar Ezekiel and was Abaye's teacher, and a scholarly "Bar Plugata"-opponent of Rabbah bar Nahmani ("Rabbah"), the head of the academy of Pumbedita.

Rav Yosef was also blind.


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