רבי דוסתאי בר ינאי Rabbi Dostai bar Yannai
Tanna · 4th generation (c. 135–170 CE) — named 5 times across 3 tractates of the Bavli.
Rabbi Dostai bar Yannai, of the fourth tannaitic generation, was a student of Rabbi Meir and transmits teachings in his name. He is cited five times — three of them in Eruvin, and once each in Menachot and Pesachim.
The tradition preserves him chiefly through those transmissions and through a small number of aggadic sayings. Beyond that, his generation and his teacher are the firm facts about him.
A student of Rabbi Meir.
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