The Sages of the Talmud

רבי נתן Rabbi Natan HaBavli

Tanna · 4th generation (c. 135–170 CE) — named 284 times across 33 tractates of the Bavli.

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Rabbi Natan HaBavli came from Babylonia, of the exilarch's family, and served as av beit din under Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel II at Usha, in the fourth tannaitic generation. The Talmud names him with Rabbi Yehuda HaNasi as the end of the mishnaic age — Rebbi and Rabbi Natan are the close of the Mishnah, as Rav Ashi and Ravina are the close of instruction.

His rulings in civil law are among the most used in Nezikin, the principle known as shibuda d'Rabbi Natan — that a creditor may collect from a debtor's own debtor — chief among them. He is named some two hundred and eighty times across thirty-three tractates.

The Babylonian, av beit din under Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel.

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