רב זירא Rav Zeira (Babylonia)
Amora of Babylonia · 3rd generation (c. 290–320 CE) — named 11 times across 8 tractates of the Bavli.
Rav Zeira, of the third Babylonian generation. This entry and the far larger one for רבי זירא are, on the reference tradition's reading, the same man before and after he went up from Babylonia to Eretz Yisrael — the title changing with the country, as it does for others who made that journey. The index cannot merge them without abandoning the רב / רבי rule it is built on, so it keeps them apart and marks this entry for review.
The Babylonian form is cited some eleven times across eight tractates, two of those inside another's patronymic. Everything the tradition tells of Rabbi Zeira belongs to the same life.
The Babylonian form of the name; רבי זירא is the same sage after he went up to Eretz Yisrael.
The gematria of the name
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