רבי אילעא Rabbi Ilai
Amora of the Land of Israel · 3rd generation (c. 290–320 CE) — named 174 times across 29 tractates of the Bavli.
Rabbi Ilai, of the third amoraic generation in Eretz Yisrael, is cited some hundred and seventy times across twenty-nine tractates, and is quoted in others' names some thirty times and by others some twenty-five.
The spelling רבי אילעא is shared with the tanna Rabbi Ilai, father of Rabbi Yehuda bar Ilai and a student of Rabbi Eliezer, who is a different man; the Bavli does not always distinguish them, and this entry is marked for review rather than decided. His mentions are heaviest in Chullin and Eruvin, and he appears most often beside Rabbi Avin and Rabbi Yochanan.
Of Eretz Yisrael; the Tanna Rabbi Ilai, father of Rabbi Yehuda, is a different man and shares this spelling.
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