רב נחמן Rav Nachman bar Yaakov
Amora of Babylonia · 3rd generation (c. 290–320 CE) — named 1,618 times across 35 tractates of the Bavli.
Rav Nachman bar Yaakov, of the third Babylonian generation, was the chief judge of the exilarch's court at Nehardea and the son-in-law of Rabbah bar Avuha, of the exilarch's house. He learned from Shmuel, and it is Shmuel's civil law that he carries: the settled rule is that the halakha follows Rav Nachman in monetary matters, which is why his name is thickest in Bava Batra, Bava Metzia and Ketubot.
He is the constant disputant of Rava, and of Rav Sheshet, who was the master of tradition where Rav Nachman was the master of judgment. His wife Yalta appears in the Talmud in her own right. He is not Rav Nachman bar Yitzchak, a later man who headed Pumbedita, and the Talmud keeps the two apart by the patronymic.
Chief judge of the exilarch's court at Nehardea; the law follows him in civil law. Not רב נחמן בר יצחק, who has his own form.
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- שמואלShmuel of Nehardea
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